Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Daily Dispatch reported in February 1865, citing an unnamed source, that a man held in a jail in Albemarle County, Virginia, was one of four men taken from the jail on the order of Major Mason. According to that account, the four men were carried to Shiflett's Hollow, where he was shot. The death is recorded here as the newspaper described it, based on that single unnamed source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Dispatch reports that four men held in a jail were taken out on Major Mason's order and shot at Shiflett's Hollow in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Reported by: The Daily Dispatch (reporters).