Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

In October 1885 the Sully County Watchman reported that a mob took four people from a jail and hanged them. One of those killed was Black. The mob took them from the jail, where they had been held, and killed them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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