Died in jail or a lockup
Taliaferro
Taliaferro, a Black man, was held in the Martinsburg jail in West Virginia. The Clarke Courier reported that a mob broke into the jail in the early hours of August 14, 1874, forced the deputy sheriff to surrender the keys at gunpoint, and took him from his cell. The crowd drove him about a mile out of town and hanged him from a tree at a railroad crossing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked crowd broke into the Martinsburg jail, forced the deputy sheriff to surrender the keys at gunpoint, took him from his cell and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.