Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not recorded was held in the jail at Staunton, Virginia. On the morning of April 11, 1871, a mob broke into the jail, took him from it and hanged him about a mile and a half from town. The jailer and a former sheriff who were in the jail refused to surrender the keys, and the mob broke open the door to get in.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: jail at Staunton jailer and ex-sheriff (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.