Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Early on the morning of July 17, 1891, a mob broke into a jail, took a person held there from custody and lynched them, according to the Evening Capital Journal. The same paper reports that officers had fired on a group the previous afternoon and that two officers were wounded. The account describes the mob's killing of this person as the event that followed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper report (OCR text) (reporters).