Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 1883 · Weber County, Utah

A Black man held in the jail at Ogden, Utah, was taken out of custody by a crowd in August 1883, according to a newspaper account reprinted in the Arkansas Weekly Mansion. The paper reports that he was lynched and that his body was dragged through the streets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report