Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an 1882 news report in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, a man called Andy was held in the jail at Richmond when a mob came one night, took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree. The jail was the place that held him, and the mob took him from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account.