Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Mecklenburg County jail in Virginia was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched, according to a special dispatch from Petersburg, Va., printed in The Grenada Sentinel on January 3, 1891. The dispatch reports that he was one of five Black people held in the jail at that time. The mob killed him after taking him from the jail's custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Petersburg, Va. reports that a mob took a Black man from a Mecklenburg County, Virginia jail and lynched him.
Reported by: special dispatch from Petersburg, Va. (reporters).