Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Corning calaboose in Perry County, Ohio, was taken by a mob of about twenty men and hanged, according to a Hocking Sentinel editorial published in August 1891. The editorial says the men were not masked. The editorial also says no arrests were made.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Hocking Sentinel editorial says a mob of about twenty men took a man from the Corning calaboose and hanged him.
Reported by: Hocking Sentinel editorial (reporters).