Died in jail or a lockup
Lick Walker
A Black man named Walker, given as Lick Walker in one newspaper account and Dick Walker in another, was held in the jail at Drake's Branch, a village in Charlotte County, Virginia. Shortly after 1 a.m. on May 6, 1886, about fifty men came to the jail and demanded the keys from the jailer. When he refused, he was overpowered, and the men took the keys. They then took Walker from the jail and hanged him from a tree not far from the village.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty men overpowered the jailer when he refused to hand over the keys, then took the man from the Virginia jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: contemporary newspaper account.