Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Albemarle County, Virginia jail in February 1865 was, according to The Daily Dispatch citing an unnamed source, one of four men taken out of the jail on the order of Major Mason and carried to Shiflett's Hollow, where he was shot. His name is garbled in the scanned text and cannot be read reliably. The paper's account does not say who fired the shot or whether jail staff resisted the removal or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Daily Dispatch reported that the men were taken from the jail on Major Mason's order and shot at Shiflett's Hollow.
Reported by: The Daily Dispatch (reporters).