Died in jail or a lockup

Martin Mera

died July 12, 1871 · Iroquois County, Illinois

Martin Mera was held in the Iroquois County jail in Illinois, according to a July 1871 report in the Springfield Weekly Republican, when a mob broke in, took him out and hanged him. Mera's date of death is given in the report as July 12, 1871, and the article's main subject was a coroner's inquest into a child's death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Springfield Weekly Republican, July 14, 1871, page 7 Springfield Weekly Republican, July 14, 1871

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