Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Omaha Daily Bee's August 1888 report, drawing on accounts of the Omaha vigilance committee, describes a man held in the old jail at Sixteenth and Farnam streets in Omaha. According to that account, a mob forced its way into the jail, took him from custody and hanged him from the rafters. The report places the lynching about thirty years before 1888.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Unnamed historical accounts of the Omaha vigilance committee, as reported by the Omaha Daily Bee, say a mob forced its way into the old jail at Sixteenth and Farnam streets and hanged a man from the rafters.
Reported by: Omaha Daily Bee (unnamed historical accounts of the Omaha vigilance committee) (reporters).