Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed man was held in an Iowa jail in July 1857 on suspicion of murder. According to The Star of the North, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree limb a few days before the item was printed. The paper does not say whether jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.