Died in jail or a lockup
John McDonald
John McDonald was held in the jail at Menominee, Michigan, and died there in early October 1881. According to the Dallas Weekly Herald, a mob of about four hundred battered the jail door down with heavy timber and took him and other prisoners out. The paper reported that the mob dragged them to death on the road. It also reported that their bodies were strung up in trees.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.