Died in jail or a lockup
Theodore Mow
Theodore Mow was held at the Memphis jail in March 1892. The Sioux County Journal reported that about seventy-five masked men entered the jail in the early morning, overpowered the watchman and took him from custody. He was found shot to death in an open area about a mile and a half from the city center. The paper connected the mob's action to the killing of four deputy sheriffs days earlier.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about seventy-five masked men took Theodore Mow from the Memphis jail and shot him to death, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.