Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail was one of four men a mob took from custody and lynched, according to a brief dispatch in the Daily Davenport Democrat published January 11, 1869. His name is not known from this account. He was killed along with three other men, and the dispatch is the only source describing his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.