Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In February 1871, ten Black men were being held in a local jail when about forty masked horsemen took them out in the night, according to a New York Herald report published on May 4 of that year. The report says six of the men were hanged after being taken from the jail. The mob that took them was made up of masked horsemen, and the report names no one among the six.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald reported that a masked mob of about forty horsemen took the man from the jail at night and hanged him.
Reported by: New York Herald (reporters).