Died in jail or a lockup
Owen Andrews
Owen Andrews, a Black man, was held in a Virginia jail in November 1889 when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. The newspaper said his body was riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Owen Andrews from a jail, hanged him and riddled his body with bullets, according to a brief newspaper report that gives no account of jail staff resisting.
Reported by: news reports.