Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail in Southampton County, Virginia, was taken from it by a mob on the night of Friday, December 23, 1881, and hanged, according to a dispatch datelined Petersburg and published in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. The dispatch describes him as the second man taken from the same jail that night. His name is not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Petersburg dispatch reports a mob took a second man from the Southampton County, Virginia jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Petersburg dispatch (reporters).