Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 25-year-old man, not named in the account, was the son of an elderly Methodist class leader. According to a first-person account by a fellow prisoner, published in the Chicago Daily Tribune in May 1862, he was taken from the jail where the writer was held. The account says armed guards marched him out and that he was hanged on the same gallows as his father.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Chicago Daily Tribune correspondent, a prisoner who witnessed the event, says armed guards marched the man out of the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Chicago Daily Tribune correspondent (first-person account) (reporters).