Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men held in the Charleston jail in West Virginia were reportedly taken from it by a mob in January 1876 and carried into the woods. A news dispatch said they were thought probably to have been hanged. Their names are not clear in the printed account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reported that a mob took the men from the Charleston jail and that they were thought probably hanged.
Reported by: news dispatch.