Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men were taken from the jail in Omaha by a mob and lynched near Florence, according to an 1888 account in the Omaha Daily Bee. The accounts attribute the killing to the Omaha vigilance committee, and the identities of both men are not recorded in the sources. Whether the jail's officers or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Omaha Daily Bee (reporters).