Died in jail or a lockup
James Clifford
James Clifford was held in the jail at New Lexington, Ohio, in June 1884. According to a Memphis Daily Appeal dispatch, masked men got past the jailer, who had been drugged, and obtained the jail key. The dispatch describes the men taking Clifford from the jail and killing him in a lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took James Clifford from the New Lexington jail and killed him, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.