Deaths in Custody
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Harry Reid

died June 21, 1883 · Alabama

Harry Reid was held in a jail in Alabama. On the night of Thursday, June 21, 1883, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to an account published in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal on June 26, 1883. The account describes his death as a homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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