Died in jail or a lockup
Mike Murrel
Mike Murrel was held in the jail at Augusta, Georgia. According to a dispatch in the Los Angeles Daily Herald published August 18, 1874, an armed crowd took him from the jail on the night of August 9, held an improvised trial lasting about three hours, and shot him. The dispatch describes the killing as the act of a crowd of armed citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch reports that a crowd of armed citizens took Mike Murrel from the Augusta jail, held a three-hour trial and shot him.
Reported by: news reports.