Died in jail or a lockup
Randolph Clemens
Randolph Clemens was one of two men held in the lock-up at Womelsdorf, a mining village near Elkins, West Virginia, in July 1902. An armed band broke into the lock-up early one morning, dragged a prisoner out, hanged him to a tree and riddled him with bullets. The reports place Clemens among the two men held there, though they do not say which of the two was taken from the lock-up and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says an armed band broke into the Womelsdorf lock-up early in the morning, dragged a prisoner out, hanged him to a tree and shot him.
Reported by: newspaper account of the Womelsdorf lock-up lynching (reporters).