Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Omaha jail in February 1861 was taken out by a vigilance committee and hanged, according to a letter from the Omaha correspondent of the New-York Daily Tribune. The correspondent wrote that people went to see the body hanging directly in front of his cell. The letter gives no name, age, or other details about him, and it does not say whether the jail's keepers resisted the committee or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Omaha correspondent of the New-York Daily Tribune (reporters).