Died in jail or a lockup
McDonald
John McDonald was held in the jail at Menominee, Michigan. On October 4, 1881, according to the Dallas Weekly Herald, a mob of about four hundred battered the jail door down with heavy timber. The mob took him from the jail, dragged him to death along the road and strung his body up in trees.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says a mob of about four hundred battered in the Menominee, Michigan jail door with heavy timber, took him out, dragged him to death on the road and strung his body to a tree.
Reported by: 1881 newspaper report (reporters).