Name not reported

The brief item in The Plaindealer of January 2, 1891, does not record this person's name. They were held in the jail at Petersburg, Virginia, one of five Black people there whom a mob took out and lynched, according to the report. The mob took them from the jail that was holding them, and they were killed. Their death is recorded here as a death in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

• The Plaindealer, January 2, 1891, page 4 The Plaindealer, January 2, 1891