Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Jacob Clare

North Dakota

Jacob Clare had practiced medicine in Tazewell, Virginia, according to a telegram printed in the Daily Press. The telegram, relaying a North Dakota report, said a mob took him from a jail and lynched him. The headline attributed the killing to North Dakota cowboys.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegram to the Daily Press from Tazewell reports that Jacob Clare was taken from a jail and lynched.

Reported by: special telegram to the Daily Press from Tazewell (reporters).

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