Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Roscoe Parker
Roscoe Parker was a 10-year-old Black boy held in the West Union jail in West Union, Ohio. On January 13, 1894, according to The Morning News, an armed, masked mob came to the jail early in the morning and took him from it. The mob lynched him, and the jail was the place that held him when they came for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Morning News (reporters).