Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name is garbled in the surviving newspaper text, given as John Tvkneb, was taken from a jail by a mob and lynched on August 30, 1889, according to The Iowa Plain Dealer's report of September 5, 1889. The newspaper report is the source for the death being a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper report says a mob lynched him after taking him from a jail.
Reported by: the newspaper report.