Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed McDonald, one of two cousins with that surname, was taken from a jail near Menominee, Michigan, by a mob in October 1881 and killed, according to a brief item in the American Citizen. The report gives no first name, age, or other details about him. It does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1881 item reports that a mob took one of two McDonald cousins from a jail near Menominee, Michigan, and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.