Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Charlottesville, Virginia, was taken from it by a mob and hanged from a tree, according to a brief report in The Highland Weekly News dated October 1882. His name is not legible in the printed text, so he is recorded without one. The account gives no details of who he was.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Highland Weekly News reports a mob took a man from the Charlottesville jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: The Highland Weekly News (reporters).