Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement and uncle of Joseph Fielding Smith, was held in the jail at Carthage, Missouri. A mob stormed the jail, where he was being held, and shot him to death. The account describes the killing as a lynching carried out by a mob that broke into the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched