Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man of about 25 was held in the Lewisburg, West Virginia, county jail when a mob of about 60 men came for him in the early hours of Friday, December 11, 1931. The Atlanta World reported that jailer Wallace Flint opened the door and gave his keys to the mob leader after the men indicated which cell held him. The mob drove him to a telephone pole on the Midland Trail, hanged him, and then several members of the mob shot him. The man's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.