Died in jail or a lockup
Oscar Kelly
Oscar Kelley, also reported as Oscar Kelly, was held at the jail in Portland, Oregon, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a brief item in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal published July 12, 1887. A Daily Evening Bulletin item published July 9, 1887 reported the same lynching. Neither short item gives a date of death, describes the mob, or says whether jail staff resisted, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper item says a mob took Oscar Kelley from the Portland, Oregon jail and hanged him.
Reported by: brief newspaper item.