Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a jail was taken out by a mob on the night of January 14, 1892, and hanged, according to a brief report in the Grand Rapids Herald. The mob's killing of him was the only event the report described. He was a man held in custody, and the people who held him are part of his death's account. The Grand Rapids Herald published the report the next day.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.