Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Purvis was taken from it by a mob on January 10, 1885, and hanged. A brief item in The Farmer And Mechanic on January 14, 1885, reported the killing. He was killed while in the custody of the Purvis jail, which held him when the mob came for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched