Died in jail or a lockup
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, about 70 years old and known locally as Mingo Jack, was a former jockey who was well known in the community and left a wife and five children. He was held in the small brick jail in Eatontown, New Jersey. On March 6, 1886, a mob broke into the jail, beat him nearly to death and hanged him from a grating over the entrance.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.