Died in jail or a lockup
James Hampton
James Hampton, a Black man, was held in a jail when a mob took him from it and hanged him from a telegraph pole. The Deseret Evening News reported the killing on September 14, 1892. The reports of the time describe the killing as a lynching carried out after the mob took him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.