Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Watseka, Illinois, was taken from the jail by a mob of citizens on July 5, 1871, and hanged in front of about a thousand people, according to The Bolivar Bulletin. It also does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.