Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a newspaper account reprinted in the Fayette County Herald in March 1871, two men held in a jail were taken out during the night by a mob of disguised men and shot. Both were killed outright. The mob left them believing three others taken with them were also dead, but those three survived their wounds.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account reprinted in the Fayette County Herald says a mob of disguised men took the men from jail and shot them.
Reported by: Fayette County Herald (reprinted newspaper account) (reporters).