Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
He was one of ten men held in a local jail in February 1871. According to a New York Herald report of May 1871, about forty masked horsemen came to the jail at night and took the ten men out. The report says six of the men were hanged, and he was one of those killed. The mob took them from custody and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald reported that masked horsemen took the men from the jail at night and hanged them.
Reported by: New York Herald (reporters).