Died in jail or a lockup
McDonald
McDonald was one of two cousins, both surnamed McDonald, who were held in a Wisconsin jail in September 1881. A special dispatch from Oconto to the Milwaukee Republican, reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Citizen on October 2, 1881, reports that a mob took the cousins from the jail and lynched them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Milwaukee Republican's special dispatch from Oconto, Wisconsin reports that McDonald was one of two cousins taken from a jail and lynched.
Reported by: Milwaukee Republican (reporters).