Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Cole Jr.
Henry Cole Jr., a Black man, was held in a jail when a group of about eighty men came for him on September 29, 1893. According to a wire report published the next day, they took him from the jail and lynched him. His death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short wire report says a group of about eighty men took him from a jail and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.