Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Winfield, West Virginia, was taken from the jail by a mob on Saturday, July 1, 1876, and hanged, according to a short item in the Cincinnati Daily Star. The account gives no name for him. The paper's report repeats an accusation against him that is not verified here and that this record does not repeat.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Cincinnati Daily Star reported that a mob took a man from the Winfield jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Cincinnati Daily Star (reporters).