Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men held in the jail at Audubon, Iowa, were taken from their cells by a mob in February 1885, according to a report in the Huntsville Gazette, and hanged. The report gives no names, ages, or other details about the men. It does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.