Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1880, a man held in a jail in a California town was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched, according to the Mineral Point Tribune. His name is garbled in the surviving newspaper copy, so it cannot be given here. The mob took him early one morning, and the jail's officers and sheriff are not named in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.