Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men from near Coon Rapids were held at the Audubon county jail when a mob took them from the jail and killed them without trial. The Omaha Daily Bee reported the killings in May 1898 as events from some years earlier. The killings stirred strong feeling in the area around the men's homes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.