Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Mound City, Illinois, was taken from the jail by a mob on the morning of July 26, 1885, and hanged. His name is not legible in the surviving newspaper text. The account comes from a single item in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, published July 27, 1885.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper report (reporters).