Name not reported
A man held in the jail in the Nebraska Territory was taken from it by a mob on the night before October 16, 1860, according to a New-York Daily Tribune dispatch published the next day. The dispatch reports that he was found hanging from a tree near the town that morning, and that he was killed. His name is illegible in the account. The dispatch also reports that three other men held in the same jail were taken by the mob, but their fates had not been confirmed when it was written.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch in the New-York Daily Tribune reports that a mob took the man from a Nebraska Territory jail and he was found hanging from a tree near the town the next morning.
Reported by: New-York Daily Tribune (reporters).