Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelley was held in the jail at Greenville, Alabama, when he died in late December 1892. Newspaper accounts say a mob of about 100 armed, masked men came to the jail at night, demanded the keys from the jailer, and took him from his cell. The men hanged him from the courthouse steps, and one account says he was taken in his night clothes. A coroner's jury found that he was hanged by unknown persons, and the jailer is said to have surrendered the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he was hanged by unknown persons after a mob took him from the Greenville, Alabama jail.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); news reports.