Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In August 1873, a private letter received in Milwaukee reported that a crowd in Ishpeming, Michigan, took men from officers who were moving them from the jail to the depot and beat them. One man died within a few hours, and the other was reported unlikely to survive. The men were being moved in connection with a killing in the street, but the letter does not name the men or the victim of that killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A private letter received in Milwaukee says a crowd took the men from officers moving them from the jail to the depot and beat them.
Reported by: private letter received in Milwaukee.