Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Portage City, Wisconsin, was taken from the jail by a group of masked people on a Friday night in September 1869 and hanged, according to a New York Herald telegraphic report. The paper described the killing as the second lynching and second murder in the village and surrounding area within a week.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald's telegraphic report says a group of masked people took him from the Portage City, Wisconsin jail and hanged him.
Reported by: New York Herald telegraphic news report (reporters).