Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Southern Herald reported on October 16, 1891, that a Black man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob and lynched. According to the paper, a mob took him from the jail and killed him. The account is a brief newspaper item, and the man is not named in it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.