Died in jail or a lockup
George Mackenzie
George Mackenzie was held in a jail in 1887 when a mob took him from it and hanged him. A Des Moines dispatch carried in the New-York Tribune in June 1906 reported the killing. That year, two men, George and Charles Bickford, were arrested in connection with the lynching after private detectives gathered evidence.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took George Mackenzie from a jail and hanged him in 1887, according to a 1906 Des Moines dispatch.
Reported by: Des Moines dispatch (New-York Tribune, June 14, 1906) (reporters).