Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four men held in a jail were taken from their cells in the early morning by a mob, according to a Vicksburg Weekly Herald report published in September 1877. The paper said the mob overpowered the jailer, burned the men a short distance from the building and then hanged them. According to the paper, the officers were powerless to resist the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.