Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed man was held in the jail at Columbus, Nebraska, in January 1867. A Daily Ohio Statesman item published January 26, 1867, says a mob took him from the jail and hanged him the day after his arrest. The item does not name him and does not say how the mob got in or whether the jailer or sheriff resisted or handed him over. The source text is too damaged to recover further details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Daily Ohio Statesman news item reports that a mob hanged the man after taking him from the local jail, with no details of how the mob got in or whether staff resisted.
Reported by: Daily Ohio Statesman (reporters).