Died in jail or a lockup
William Sullivan
William Sullivan, a farm hand, was held in the jail at Corunna, Michigan, on May 23, 1893. According to a Detroit Tribune dispatch, a mob of several hundred men broke the jail open with sledges, took him from his cell, and hanged him from an oak tree in the jail yard that night. Another report put the crowd at more than 2,000 people gathered around the jail that day, and said the mob took him from the building, shot him and hanged him. The newspaper accounts differ on how many people took part and how they got in.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Detroit Tribune, via a special dispatch from Corunna (reporters).