Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Manitowoc Pilot reported in 1881 that a crowd broke open a jail, took two men out and lynched them. The item gives no names, no jail, no place and no date. The paper described the killings as justice carried out without a trial, a characterization that should not be read as fact. Whether the jailers resisted, gave up keys, or handed the men over is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Manitowoc Pilot reports that a crowd broke open a jail and lynched two men taken from it.
Reported by: Manitowoc Pilot (reporters).