Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a New York Herald report published in May 1871, about forty masked horsemen took ten men held in a local jail out of their custody in the night in February 1871. The report says six of the men were hanged. It does not give their names, so this person's name and fate are not known from this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald reported that masked horsemen took men from a local jail at night and hanged them.
Reported by: New York Herald (reporters).