Died in jail or a lockup

Ilines

died January 1876 · Charlestown, West Virginia

Ilines was held in the jail at Charlestown, West Virginia, in January 1876. According to the Perrysburg Journal, a group of people demanded Ilines and the jail gave the person up to them. The group took Ilines to the woods and hanged them. The name comes from OCR text of a historical newspaper and may be garbled.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group took Ilines from the Charlestown, W. Va. jail, hanged him in the woods, and the jail's surrender of him is the basis for classing this as a custody death.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Perrysburg Journal, February 4, 1876, page 1 Perrysburg Journal, February 4, 1876

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