Died in jail or a lockup
Granville Young
Granville Young was held in the jail on the alley back of the Woodmen building on Fifteenth Street in Davenport, Iowa, in October 1843. The Rock Island Argus reported that he was taken from that jail and hanged with two other men on a scaffold on the prairie. According to the sheriff, the cause of death was hanging. The account says no rescue arrived for the three men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The sheriff reported that Granville Young was hanged on a scaffold on the prairie after he was taken from the Davenport jail.
Reported by: sheriff. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.