Died in jail or a lockup
Noah Chevy
Noah Chevy, a Black man, was held in the jail in Princess Anne County, Virginia, in November 1885 when a mob took him from the building. According to the Daily Evening Bulletin, the mob carried him about a quarter mile down the road to a school house, hanged him from a tree, and his body was afterward riddled with bullets. The newspaper's account names the mob as the party that took and killed him and does not describe how the jail's officers responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.