Judge Chisolm
Judge Chisholm was held in the jail at De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, and he died there in 1876. According to a New-York Tribune report quoted by the Daily Republican, a mob of about a hundred armed men broke open the jail on a Sunday morning and mortally wounded him. A New-York Tribune editorial from 1879 describes the attack, says his family had followed him to the jail, and says his daughter was also wounded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about a hundred armed men broke open the De Kalb jail and mortally wounded Judge Chisholm, according to the New York Tribune as quoted by the Daily Republican.
Reported by: New York Tribune, as quoted by the Daily Republican (reporters); New-York Tribune editorial (reporters).