Died in jail or a lockup
Bill McDowell
Bill McDowell, a Black man, was held at the jail in Louisiana, Missouri, when a mob broke in, took him from the jail and hanged him, according to the Bourbon News and the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, both published in July 1883. The Bourbon News reports that his body was taken back to Louisiana, strung up again and photographed. The newspapers' accounts do not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Bourbon News (reporters).