Died in jail or a lockup
John Renpoe
John Renpoe, a former sheriff of Sumter County, Alabama, was held at the jail in Livingston on July 13, 1886, when a mob came for him. According to a short report in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal dated July 22, 1886, the mob took him from the jail and lynched him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.