Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On July 12, 1883, a person held in the jail at Mayville was taken out by citizens and hanged, according to a brief item in The Jamesburg Record published July 21, 1883. A second person held in the same jail was also taken out by citizens and hanged, according to the same item. Both deaths were attributed to a mob that broke into the jail to take them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.