Name not reported

According to the Detroit Post, reprinted in the Hillsdale Standard in May 1877, a man went to the jail on his own to ask for a hearing. The paper says a mob shot him at the jail door before he was placed in custody. The account describes the death in an editorial that takes a partisan side.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Detroit Post, in a partisan editorial reprinted by the Hillsdale Standard, says a mob shot him at the jail door before he was placed in custody.

Reported by: Detroit Post (reprinted in the Hillsdale Standard) (reporters).

Source

• The Hillsdale Standard, May 8, 1877, page 2 The Hillsdale Standard, May 8, 1877