Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

A Black man was held in a jail when a mob took him from custody and hanged him, according to the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, which reported the killing in May 1889. The paper stated that he was innocent of the offense and used his death to condemn mob violence.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report