Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail in Virginia was seized from it by a mob in March 1900, according to a Columbus Dispatch report reprinted in the Marietta Daily Leader on March 27, 1900. The report says the mob hanged him from a tree and shot him, despite an effort by the governor to stop them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Columbus Dispatch, as reprinted in the Marietta Daily Leader, reports that a mob hanged him from a tree and riddled his body with bullets after taking him from a Virginia jail.
Reported by: Columbus Dispatch, as reprinted in the Marietta Daily Leader (reporters).