Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In September 1893, a mob stormed the jail in Roanoke, Virginia, took a man surnamed Patterson from custody, and killed him. The Richmond Planet, writing in February 1894, called the storming of the jail and the lynching treasonable acts. The paper also criticized the later pardon of one of the men involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Richmond Planet described the mob's killing of Patterson, who was taken from the Roanoke jail, as a treasonable act.
Reported by: Richmond Planet (reporters).