Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in a Virginia jail in November 1918 was taken from it by a mob early on Sunday, November 24, 1918. According to the Alexandria Gazette, fifteen masked men came to the jail, and the jailers, believing they were admitting a prisoner, opened the door before the men overpowered them. The men took the person from a cell, and at daybreak the body was found hanging from a tree on a road miles from the town. The newspaper's account is the only source given for these events, and the person's name and age are not recorded in it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reporting of the 1918 Virginia lynching (reporters).