Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Terre Haute jail in Indiana was taken from the jail at noon on February 11, 1901, by a crowd, according to a wire dispatch carried by The Paducah Sun. The crowd hanged him and burned his body. His name was not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire dispatch from Terre Haute reports that a crowd took a man from the local jail, hanged him and burned his body.
Reported by: news reports.