Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Ten Black men held in a county jail were taken from it at night by a large party of Ku Klux Klan members, who shot them to death. The Morning Republican, reporting on September 15, 1871, described the killings as a deliberate act of terror. According to the paper, the mob said it acted out of fear that other Black men would rescue the prisoners. The men are not named in this account, and the paper's report does not say whether the jail's officers resisted or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.