Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In November 1888, a man named Archibald, whose surname is unreadable in the surviving newspaper text, was being held in a jail in Michigan. According to The Sun, masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree on or about November 6. The account is a brief newspaper report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Sun reported that masked men took the man from the Michigan jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: The Sun (reporters).