Died in jail or a lockup
Mike Murkil
Mike Murkil was held in a jail in Augusta, Georgia, according to the Daily Independent, when citizens took him out and shot him. The paper's brief item, published in August 1874, gives no date for the killing and no account of who the people were. It does not say whether the jail's officers or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over. The only cause reported is that he was shot by the citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Independent reports that citizens took him out of a jail in Augusta, Georgia, and shot him.
Reported by: Daily Independent (reporters).