Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Davis
Charles Davis, a Black man, was held in the jail at Athens, Ohio, in November 1881. According to the Daily Gazette, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a bridge on the Saturday night before the paper's November 22 report, which places the death on November 19. Other reports of the killing from the same month repeat the same account of a mob taking him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Charles Davis from the jail at Athens, Ohio and hanged him from a bridge; the accounts do not say whether jailers resisted or handed over the keys.
Reported by: news reports.