Died in jail or a lockup
Edmond Orange
Edmond Orange was held in the Lexington jail in Holmes County, Mississippi, in 1874. According to an 1879 account in The Advertiser, a mob broke into the jail, smashed the lock on his cell door, freed him from his chains, took him to the courtyard and hanged him. The paper reports that Captain Hoskins had been warned beforehand and was in Lexington that night, but says he could not have prevented the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The 1879 Advertiser account says a mob broke open the Lexington jail, freed Edmond Orange from his chains and hanged him in the courtyard, and that Captain Hoskins had prior notice but could not have prevented it.
Reported by: The Advertiser (reporters).