Died in jail or a lockup
W N Lyon
W. N. Lyon was held in the jail at Corydon, Iowa. According to a Des Moines dispatch reprinted in The Kentucky Gazette, a body of armed men took him from the jail, carried him a few miles from town, and hanged him on October 8, 1870. The death is recorded as a lynching by a mob that took him from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Des Moines dispatch reports that an armed body of men forcibly took Lyon from the Corydon jail, carried him a few miles from town and hanged him.
Reported by: Des Moines dispatch (reporters).