Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not given, was held in a jail in Glasgow, according to a January 1891 report in The State Republican. The paper says a mob took him from the jail and killed him, a claim that comes from an OCR-damaged newspaper passage.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The State Republican reported that a mob took the man from a jail and lynched him.
Reported by: The State Republican (reporters).