Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Leon, Iowa, was taken from his cell on August 13, 1887, by a mob of about twenty-five masked men, who hanged him from a bridge. The Perrysburg Journal reported the killing six days later and does not give his name. The paper does not say whether the jail or its keepers resisted the mob or handed the man over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Perrysburg Journal account says a mob of about twenty-five masked men took him from the Leon, Iowa jail cell and hanged him from a bridge.
Reported by: Perrysburg Journal (reporters).