Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed McDonald, the second of two cousins by that name, was taken from a jail near Menominee, Michigan, by a mob and killed in October 1881, according to a brief item in the American Citizen. The report names no other details about his life or the people involved in holding him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.