Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Sidney, Nebraska was taken from his cell on the night of May 10, 1879 by a mob of about 400 citizens, according to the Chariton Courier. The mob hanged him from a telegraph pole. The paper gave only a surname, which is unclear in the scanned text, and no name is available for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account.