Died in jail or a lockup

Hines

died January 20, 1876 · South Central Regional Jail, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Hines was one of three men held in the Charleston jail in West Virginia when a mob took them from the jail on the night of January 19, 1876. Early the next morning the mob hanged all three men at Campbell's Creek Bridge while a large crowd watched. Civil authorities later took the bodies down and prepared them for burial.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The New York Herald, January 27, 1876, page 5 The New York Herald, January 27, 1876

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