Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a jail in 1886 was taken from his cell by an armed mob on April 27 of that year. The men came to the jail in the early hours, woke the sheriff, and pressed a revolver to his face until he handed over the cell keys. They put a rope around the man's neck, drove him in a wagon to an oak tree about two miles north of the city, and hanged him there. His name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.