Died in jail or a lockup
Abner Anthony
Abner Anthony, a Black man, was held in the jail at Hot Springs, Virginia, in February 1893. According to The Times, a group of men gathered at midnight, demanded the keys at pistol point, and the jailer handed them over. The men then took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree near the courthouse. The Richmond Dispatch reported that about forty men carried out the killing, and the newspapers differ on whether it happened on February 26 or 27.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Richmond Dispatch (reporters).