Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in the Council Bluffs jail in Iowa was taken from the jail overnight in early October 1861. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reported that a group it could not identify took them from the jail and hanged them in a hollow at the head of a street. The paper published its account on October 5, 1861.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reported that the person was taken from the jail overnight and hanged, and the article does not say whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: Council Bluffs Nonpareil (reporters).