Died in jail or a lockup
Richard Hickey
Richard Hickey was held in the jail at Rendville, Ohio, when a mob of several hundred men surrounded the building on the night of February 3, 1884. The men took him from the jail to a nearby grove and hanged him there. Accounts from two newspapers describe the killing as a lynching carried out by the crowd, and a second man taken by the same crowd was spared when the rope broke.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Reported by: news reports.