Died in custody
John Folly
John Folly, a Black man, was held in the custody of a sheriff's posse in Bethtown, Illinois. A mob took him from the posse and lynched him, according to a report in The Highland Weekly News published in July 1882. Folly was a man of Bethtown, and the lynching was carried out by people who seized him from those holding him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took John Folly from a sheriff's posse and lynched him, according to the earlier extraction record.