Died in jail or a lockup
McDonald (cousins; first names not given)
McDonald was one of two cousins held in the jail at Oconto, Wisconsin, when a mob broke in, took them from the jail and killed them, according to a special dispatch to the Milwaukee Republican. The dispatch dates the killing to September 28, 1881, and the Daily Los Angeles Herald printed the account on September 30 of that year. Both men are identified only by the surname McDonald.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Milwaukee Republican reports that a mob took McDonald, one of two cousins, from the Oconto jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Milwaukee Republican special report (reporters).