Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at Brookville, Pennsylvania, was taken from the jail by a mob in January 1884 and shot dead. Their name does not appear in the account of the death. The same report says that a second Black person was taken from the Brookville jail by the mob and shot dead. The mob took and killed them after they had been held in the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched