Died in jail or a lockup
William Kelsher
Wm. Kelsher was held in the Detroit jail in Michigan on the night of June 23, 1886, when a large group of disguised men broke in and took him from custody, according to the Los Angeles Daily Herald. The paper reports that the men carried him to a nearby grove, hanged him from a limb and shot his body many times. Sheriff Pinney tried to defend his prisoner but was overpowered by the mob, the report says.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of disguised men took Wm. Kelsher from the Detroit jail, hanged him from a limb in a nearby grove and shot his body; Sheriff Pinney tried to defend him but was overpowered.
Reported by: news reports.