Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Sully County Watchman reported on October 10, 1885, that a mob took four people from a jail and hanged them. This person, who was Black, was one of the four. The paper reported that they were held in the jail when the mob took them and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.