Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 3 people whose names were not reported

died March 7, 1904 · Ohio

A Black man held in an Ohio jail was taken from it by a mob on the night of Monday, March 7, 1904. The mob hanged him from a telegraph pole and shot him many times. He died while the jail held him.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report