Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob on Thursday, July 19, 1866, and hanged until he died, according to The Daily Empire, which reported it two days later. He was held there alongside two other men and a boy. The mob killed him in the town where the jail stood.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.