McDonald

McDonald was one of two cousins, both named McDonald, who were held in the jail at Menominee, Wisconsin, when a mob took them out on September 27, 1881. According to an October 1881 account in The Eaton Democrat, the mob clubbed, shot and hanged them. The account gives no first names for the men and does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed them over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says a mob took McDonald from the Menominee, Wisconsin, jail and clubbed, shot and hanged him.

Reported by: newspaper account.

Source

• The Eaton Democrat, October 6, 1881, page 1 The Eaton Democrat, October 6, 1881