Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name was not given in the newspaper, was being taken under guard toward the county seat near Arrington, Virginia. According to The True Democrat, a mob took him from the guards and hanged him from a tree limb. The killing was reported in a brief item published on September 22, 1900.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The True Democrat (reporters).