J. H. McKenzie
J. H. McKenzie was taken from the jail at Corning, Iowa, by a mob of masked men and hanged from a maple tree near the building, according to the Daily Evening Bulletin and The Citizen. The Daily Evening Bulletin reports that he walked calmly with the men and asked that his watch be given to his mother. Reports give the date as April 2, 3 or 4, 1887, and a coroner's jury returned an undetermined finding. The Citizen says the mob numbered fifteen and cut his body down at sunrise. Officials have not said whether jail staff tried to stop the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. News dispatches report that a mob of masked men took McKenzie from the Corning, Iowa, jail and hanged him, and a coroner's jury listed the cause as hanging.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); Chicago dispatch from Creston, Iowa (reporters).