Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was among ten men held in a local jail in February 1871, according to a New York Herald report published in May of that year. The Herald reports that about forty masked horsemen came to the jail at night and took the prisoners out. The report says six of the men were hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald reported that masked horsemen took the men from the jail in the night and hanged them.
Reported by: New York Herald (reporters).