Died in jail or a lockup
Cousins
According to a special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune published September 29, 1881, a man named Cousins was taken from a jail at Oconto, Wisconsin, and lynched on September 28, 1881, together with a man named McDonald. The dispatch places the killing at the jail, and says a mob took the two men from custody and killed them. The dispatch names no other details of the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune reports that Cousins was taken from a jail and lynched alongside a man named McDonald.
Reported by: special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune (reporters).