Died in custody
Name not reported
Two unnamed men held in West Virginia were taken from officers on April 30, 1884, while being moved for safekeeping toward St. Albans, according to a Batesville Guard report published May 7, 1884. The paper said a mob seized them and lynched them. The men's names and ages are not given in this account, and the death rests on the newspaper's single brief report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Batesville Guard reported that two men held in West Virginia were taken from officers while being moved for safekeeping and lynched.
Reported by: Batesville Guard (reporters).