Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Leighton
Joseph Leighton was held in a jail when a mob took him from it and killed him, according to a general-news item in The Saratoga Sun published April 7, 1892. The item was published in 1892, and the death is recorded as a lynching from custody. Joseph Leighton was a man, and his death was a killing by a mob while he was in the jail's custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.