Died in jail or a lockup
Frank Knight
According to the Vicksburg Herald, as reprinted in the Chicago Daily Tribune, a mob came to a jail in Mississippi at about 1 a.m. on August 10, 1875, and took Frank Knight from it. He was found hanging from a tree about three miles from the town, with two bullet wounds in his head, the paper said. The paper's report describes the mob as having taken him from the jail, and it does not say how the jailer or sheriff responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Vicksburg Herald reported that a mob took Frank Knight from a Mississippi jail and he was found hanged from a tree with two bullet wounds in his head.
Reported by: Vicksburg Herald (reporters).