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Died in jail or a lockup

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died February 1889 · Colfax County Jail, Colfax County, Nebraska

A man held in the jail at Schuyler, Nebraska, was taken from the jail by a mob in February 1889 and killed by lynching. The Evening World reported in a brief news item that the sheriff did not know the mob was coming.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Evening World news summary (reporters).

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