Died in jail or a lockup
Ryan
Ryan was one of four men a crowd of about a hundred people took from the jail at Des Moines, Iowa, and lynched, according to a brief report in the Springfield Globe-Republic dated February 5, 1885. The jail held him when the mob seized him, and the report says the crowd killed him. The report gives no first name for him beyond Ryan, and no other details about his life or age.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief report says a crowd of about a hundred citizens took him from the Des Moines, Iowa, jail and lynched him.
Reported by: brief newspaper report of the Des Moines jail lynching (reporters).