Died in jail or a lockup
Lucas
Lucas was held in the jail at Lebanon, Virginia, when a crowd of masked men took him from the building late on the night of October 29, 1892, according to the Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle. The paper reports that the crowd overpowered the jailer to reach him and hanged him from a limb. The account names him only by his surname, and it does not say whether the jailer resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked crowd took Lucas from the Lebanon, Virginia jail and hanged him from a limb, and the report says the crowd overpowered the jailer to reach him.
Reported by: news reports.