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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 7, 1868

A man whose name is not preserved in the account was held in a jail. According to a report reprinted in the Fayetteville Observer on December 10, 1868, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on December 7, 1868.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed report reprinted in the Fayetteville Observer says a mob of country people took him from the jail and hanged him.

Reported by: unnamed report reprinted in the Fayetteville Observer (reporters).

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