Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to The Weekly Clarion, published in September 1877, a man held in the jail at Oxford was taken out by a mob and shot. The paper does not give his name or age. It describes the killing as having happened 'the other day,' and it places the event in Oxford.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Weekly Clarion reports that a mob took a man from the jail at Oxford and shot him.
Reported by: The Weekly Clarion (reporters).