Died in jail or a lockup
Carl Strahl
Carl Strahl was held in the jail at Columbia, Illinois, when, according to The Daily Gazette, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. The brief item gives no date for the killing. It also does not describe how the mob reached the prisoner or whether the jailers resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Gazette reports that a mob took Carl Strahl from the jail at Columbia, Illinois, and hanged him, with no further account of how the mob reached him.
Reported by: The Daily Gazette (reporters).