Died in jail or a lockup

Leo Tyson

died September 19, 1885 · Chatham County Detention Center, Chatham County, North Carolina

Leo Tyson was held at the Pittsborough jail in Chatham County, North Carolina, when a mob broke in, took him from custody and killed him, according to a September 1885 dispatch. The dispatch says he was one of four people taken from the jail that night. His body was found the next morning suspended near a public road.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Salt Lake Evening Democrat, September 30, 1885, page 1 Salt Lake Evening Democrat, September 30, 1885

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