Died in jail or a lockup
Nashville Joe Robinson
Nashville Joe Robinson, a Black man, was held at the jail at Fayetteville. According to a brief item in The Daily Morning Astorian published December 17, 1895, a mob took Robinson from the jail and hanged him. The item reports that the mob took two men from the jail in this way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.