Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to The Wellington Enterprise, a mob took a person from the Tishomingo County jail in Mississippi on April 13, 1885, and lynched them. The paper is the only source for the death, and it does not name the person. The account, as summarized, lacks any information about who the person was. The jail's keepers are not described as having resisted or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Wellington Enterprise reported that a mob took a person from the Tishomingo County, Mississippi jail and lynched them.
Reported by: The Wellington Enterprise (reporters).