Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
Three people held in the Memphis, Tennessee jail were taken out by a mob and lynched on the night of Monday, March 7, 1892, according to a one-line item in the Mississippi Leader. The item gives no names or other details about the three, and it does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the prisoners over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.