Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 1937

According to Senator Robert F. Wagner, as reported by The Detroit Tribune on July 2, 1938, a second unnamed person was taken from a jailhouse and killed by a mob in July 1937. Wagner said the same mob had earlier taken another person from that jail. The speech gives no name, location, or account of how the jail staff responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Senator Robert F. Wagner says a mob took a second unnamed person from the same jailhouse in July 1937.

Reported by: Senator Robert F. Wagner.

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