Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob broke into the Corning jail in Adams County, Iowa, in early April 1887, took a man from his cell, carried him a short distance from town and hanged him, according to a news dispatch from Creston. The man is not named in the accounts. One report says the raid came without warning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stormed the Corning, Adams County, Iowa, jail, took a man from it and hanged him a short distance from town, according to a Times dispatch from Creston; the dispatch does not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: A Times special from Creston, Iowa, as reported in the Chicago dispatch (reporters).