Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in the jail in Terre Haute, Indiana, when a mob broke in on February 26, 1901. The Conway Log Cabin reported that the mob dragged him from the jail and hanged him from a bridge. The paper reported that his body was then burned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.