Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail in Lawrenceville, Virginia, was taken from it by a mob and lynched, according to a brief published in The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph on August 4, 1921. The brief names neither him nor the date of the killing. It describes him as one of two Black men held at the jail at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.