Died in jail or a lockup
Tom Robertson
Tom Robertson, a Black man, was held in a Louisiana jail in December 1882, together with another Black man. A mob took both men from the jail and hanged them, according to a report published two days later in the Daily Kennebec Journal. The report says the hanging happened the night before the dispatch was sent. Tom Robertson died in the custody of the jail when the mob came for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Tom Robertson from a jail and hanged him, according to a newspaper dispatch.
Reported by: news reports.