Died in jail or a lockup

Scott

died April 30, 1884 · Kanawha County, West Virginia

Scott was being held in the jail at St. Albans, West Virginia, when a mob broke in and took him out. On April 30, 1884, the mob hanged him, along with another man taken from the same jail. The jail that held him was the place from which the mob took him and killed him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Wessington Springs Herald, May 23, 1884, page 6 Wessington Springs Herald, May 23, 1884

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