Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in an Ohio jail was taken from it by a mob of farmers, who broke the jail open and hanged him. According to an Albany Register editorial published November 5, 1875, he denied the killing in his last moments. The same editorial says it later turned out he was innocent. The paper condemned the lynching and called the men who carried it out murderers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Albany Register editorial (reporters).