Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 4 people whose names were not reported

died February 26, 1896

A man held at a jail was taken from it by a mob on February 26, 1896. The mob hanged him from a telegraph pole. His death is recorded as a lynching from custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report