Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in the custody of the sheriff in a Virginia town on August 3, 1921, when, according to a news report published the next day, a mob of about 500 masked men seized him from the sheriff. The report says the mob hanged him from a tree near the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Richmond dispatch (reporters).