Died in custody
Name not reported
On May 2, 1884, a man in West Virginia was being moved for safekeeping by officers when a mob took him from their custody and lynched him, according to a brief report in The Bolivar Bulletin published May 8, 1884. The report gives no name for him, so he is remembered here only by the circumstances of his death. He was held in the custody of the officers escorting him, and a mob killed him after taking him from them. His death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1884 report says the man was taken from officers while being moved for safekeeping and lynched.
Reported by: news reports.