Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob one night, according to a narrator recalling events from his boyhood. The narrator says the mob lynched him. The narrator also says other men in the community tried to prevent it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The narrator, recalling his boyhood, says a mob took the man from the jail that night and lynched him.
Reported by: narrator, recalling childhood (witnesses).