Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob took a person held in the Russell County jail in Virginia from the jail and killed them, a few nights before the Brookhaven Ledger reported it on February 8, 1883. The person's name is not given in the account. The jail was holding this person when the mob came.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.