Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held at the jail in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a brief wire item published in the Batesville Guard in August 1881. The item gives no name, age, or sex for the person. It does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.