Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Lytle
Joseph Lytle was held in the jail at Findlay, Ohio, when he died on March 31, 1892. According to the Evening Bulletin's report, about 1 a.m. a masked mob of nearly 1,000 people demanded the keys from the sheriff, who refused them, then battered down the jail doors and took Lytle out. The mob hanged him from the Main Street bridge and later from a telegraph pole on Front Street, and then shot him. The report said police who were present did not stop them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.