Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Shelbyville, Missouri, was taken from custody by a mob on October 5, 1886, and lynched. He had been brought to the Shelbyville jail from another Missouri town before the mob came for him. The mob took him out of the jail and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper dispatch (OCR text) (reporters).