Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not given in the sources was being moved from the Ishpiming, Michigan jail to the depot in August 1873 when, according to a private letter from Ishpiming dated August 16 and reprinted in the New-York Tribune, a crowd took him from the officers and beat him. The letter says he died within a few hours. It also reports that another man was beaten so badly he could not survive. The account is secondhand and the dead man is not named.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A private letter from Ishpiming, Michigan, reprinted in the New-York Tribune, says a crowd took him from officers and beat him to death.
Reported by: private letter from Ishpiming, Mich., reprinted in the New-York Tribune.