Died in jail or a lockup
Ingham
A mob took Ingham from the jail at Hastings, Nebraska, and hanged him in April 1883, according to the Daily Evening Bulletin, which reported the killing the following day. The brief account names him only by surname, along with one other man taken the same way. The paper does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.