Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Vicksburg Weekly Herald, published September 14, 1877, this man was one of four men held in a jail when a mob broke in during the early morning. The paper reports that the mob overpowered the jailer, took the men from their cells and hanged them a short distance from the building. The account says officers were powerless to resist, and that no one seemed to know where the mob came from or where it went.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.