Died in jail or a lockup
George Graham
George Graham was taken from the jail in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by a mob on April 29, 1886, and lynched, according to a brief item in the Bismarck Weekly Tribune published the next day. The jail held him, and a mob took him from it and killed him. The item does not say how the mob got in, or what the jail's staff did in response.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Bismarck Weekly Tribune reported that a mob took him from the Milwaukee jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Bismarck Weekly Tribune (reporters).