Died in jail or a lockup
Ozlas McOahoy
Ozlas McOahoy was held in the jail at Fayetteville, Tennessee, together with another man, Joe Robinson. On the night of November 29, 1895, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. According to a telephone message sent to the governor, the sheriff had asked for troops after the jail was stormed and the prisoners lynched. Accounts of the events that night were reported in the press in the days that followed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone message to the governor said a mob stormed the Fayetteville jail and lynched the prisoners after the sheriff asked for troops.
Reported by: telephone message to the governor (sheriff's request for troops).