Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a memoir of early days in Madison County, a man held in the old log jail at Fredericktown, the county seat, was taken out by a mob and hanged. The writer recalls arriving in town and finding his body on a bench in the courthouse, with rope marks on his neck.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the memoir writer, recalling early days in Madison County.