Died in jail or a lockup
J. C. Haun
J. C. Haun was held in a jail, and a mob took him out and hanged him, according to a first-person account published in the Chicago Daily Tribune in May 1862. The correspondent describes him as a man of fine sense and excellent character who left a wife and four or five young children. The correspondent says Haun asked for a Methodist preacher to pray with him before he was hanged, and that the request was refused.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Chicago Daily Tribune correspondent's first-person account says a mob took Haun from jail and hanged him, and that his request for a Methodist preacher to pray with him was refused.
Reported by: Chicago Daily Tribune correspondent (reporters).