Died in jail or a lockup
Bolt Broom
Bolt Broom was held in the Utica jail in Mississippi in August 1888, after a shooting that killed Dr. Holliday and wounded two others. According to a newspaper dispatch from Jackson, published the following day, a mob of about 200 men took him from the jail and hanged him in the cemetery yard on August 14. The dispatch's account is the only source for the death, and it is the newspaper's account rather than an official finding.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch from Jackson, Miss. reports that a mob of about 200 men took Bolt Broom from the Utica jail and hanged him in the cemetery yard.
Reported by: newspaper report (dispatch from Jackson, Miss.) (reporters).