Died in jail or a lockup
Johnson
Johnson, also called Allen, was being held in the jail at Winfield, West Virginia, when, according to The Valley Virginian, about seventy men came into the town on July 1, 1876, demanded the keys, took him from the jail and hanged him. The mob's action is recorded as a killing carried out by people who took him from state custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.