Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a short telegraphic report carried by the Alexandria Gazette on December 23, 1897, a crowd took a man from a jail and hanged him from trees near the town. The report says the killing took place on a Sunday or Monday morning in December 1897 and that the facts had only just come to light. Nothing in the report names the man, the jail, or the town, and it does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the crowd or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed telegraphic report says a crowd took a man from a jail and hanged him from trees near the town.
Reported by: unnamed telegraphic report.