Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail near Fayette, Missouri, was taken out by a mob and hanged from the limb of a tree. According to an 1891 newspaper report, the mob killed him after taking him from the jail. The report was published on January 22, 1891.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from the jail near Fayette, Missouri, and hanged him from a tree limb.
Reported by: news reports.