Died in jail or a lockup
Chambers
A Black man named Chambers was held at the jail when, on the afternoon of a day his hearing was scheduled, a crowd of three or four hundred people came to the jail demanding him. According to the Weekly Commercial Herald, Sheriff Reid refused to hand him over, but the crowd demanded the keys, opened the doors, and found Chambers in a deputy's custody on top of the jail. The crowd then took him and hanged him from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.