Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held at the jail at Brookville, Pennsylvania, was taken from the jail by a mob in January 1884 and shot dead. A short newspaper account from that month reports that two Black people were taken from the jail and shot, and gives no name for either. The jailer's or sheriff's response to the mob is not described in the account. The cause of death is given as being shot by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.