Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the St. Louis jail in July 1859, one of three Black men held there at the time. According to an account published in the Raftsman's Journal on July 27, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on July 18. He died while the jail was holding him, and the mob reached him by taking him from that custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.