Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

A Black man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob and lynched, according to a brief item in The Times published May 1, 1892. The item gives no name for him, and the town name is garbled in the printed text. The Times account is unsigned and is the only source for these details.

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

Reported by: The Times (reporters).

News report