Died in jail or a lockup
McDonald
McDonald was one of two cousins, both surnamed McDonald, according to a special dispatch from Oconto, Wisconsin, printed in the Milwaukee Republican. The dispatch says that in September 1881 a mob took McDonald from a jail and lynched them. No first name or age is given for McDonald. The account of the Oconto killing of the two cousins is the only source for the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Milwaukee Republican says a mob took McDonald from a jail at Oconto, Wisconsin, and lynched him, with his cousin.
Reported by: Milwaukee Republican (reporters).