Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob broke into the Danville, Illinois, jail in June 1895 and killed a person who was being held there, in the same attack that killed another prisoner. The Osceola Times reported the killings, and the account gives no name or age for this person, nor an exact date of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.