Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 4 people whose names were not reported

died January 23, 1912 · Hamilton

He was one of four Black men held in the Hamilton jail. On the night of Tuesday, January 23, 1912, a mob of about 100 men broke into the jail, overpowered the jailer, and took the four men out of town. The newspaper reported that the men were hanged from trees about a mile away.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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