Died in jail or a lockup
George Scott
George Scott, a Black and American Indian man, was held in the jail at Brazil, where he died in December 1880. Newspaper reports say a party of masked men took him from the jail and lynched him on the night of Saturday, December 11. The jail was the custody of the sheriff's office, and the mob took him from it. The reports describe the killing in these terms and give no further account of him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Cincinnati Commercial special dispatch from Brazil (reporters).