Died in jail or a lockup
Bill Tyler
Bill Tyler, a Black man, was being held in a jail when a mob broke down the door at about 12:55 in the morning on July 26, 1894, according to the Alexandria Gazette. Deputies sworn in by the sheriff said they could not hold off the well-armed crowd, and the jailer did not resist. The mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper account of the 1894 lynching (reporters).