Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name the Associated Press dispatch does not give, was taken from the sheriff's custody by a mob and lynched, according to a dispatch datelined Washington on November 3, 1914. The account names no jail or county and does not say whether the sheriff resisted, handed him over, or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).