Died in custody
Mitchel
Mitchel was one of two men, the other named Ketchum, being taken toward the county seat by a sheriff and a posse. A masked mob of about twenty-five armed men seized the two men from them. According to The Columbus Journal, published December 18, 1878, the mob tied both men to a tree and burned them to death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about twenty-five armed men seized Mitchel from a sheriff and posse, tied him to a tree and burned him to death, according to the newspaper report.
Reported by: the newspaper report.