Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men held in the jail at Clinton, Mississippi, were taken from the jail by a mob and hanged in 1894. Both were in the custody of the jail when the mob seized them and killed them by hanging. The jail held them at the time, and the mob took them from its custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.