Died in jail or a lockup
Martin Meard
Martin Meard was a farmer who lived near Gilmore in Iroquois County, Illinois. He was held in the jail at Walseka, according to a report in the New Orleans Republican reprinting an Illinois account. That account says a mob of about three hundred men took him from the jail in the evening and hanged him, with a large crowd watching. It also says he was allowed to speak and pray before he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report reprinting an Illinois account says a mob of about three hundred men took him from the jail at Walseka and hanged him.
Reported by: newspaper report reprinting an Illinois account (reporters).