Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Keokuk was taken out by a mob of citizens and hanged on May 29, 1863, according to a brief wire report datelined Indianapolis. The Rutland Weekly Herald printed the report on June 4, 1863. The account is the wire report's own claim about how the death happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Indianapolis dispatch reports a mob took a man from the Keokuk jail and hanged him; the report does not say whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.
Reported by: Indianapolis dispatch (reporters).