Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held at the jail was taken out by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal published February 14, 1888. The notice reports that the mob took the person from the jail and killed them by hanging. This death is recorded here as one that occurred while the person was held in the jail's custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.