Name not reported
A man held in the Omaha, Nebraska jail was taken from his cell on the morning of March 3, 1861, by a vigilance committee and hanged, according to a correspondent writing from Omaha that the Evening Star published on March 26, 1861. The correspondent wrote that his body was still hanging in front of the cell he had just left. The report describes the killing as the work of the Omaha Vigilance Committee.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A correspondent writing from Omaha, Nebraska reported that the Omaha Vigilance Committee took a man from his cell in the Omaha jail and hanged him; the article does not say whether jail officers resisted or handed him over.
Reported by: correspondent writing from Omaha, Nebraska (reporters).