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Died in jail or a lockup

W. S. Pearl

According to a short item in The Grant County Herald published February 16, 1883, W. S. Pearl was held in a jail when a mob took them out and lynched them. The item reports that the mob killed W. S. Pearl after taking them from the jail. No other details of the death are included in this account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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