Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in the jail at Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, when he died in December 1890. According to a private telegram, a large body of masked men took him from the jail, carried him a short distance, and hanged him from the limb of a tree. The telegram attributes his death to a mob that took him from the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A private telegram reports that a large body of masked men took a man from the Boydton jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: private telegram.