Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of four people held in the jail at Yazoo City, Mississippi, was taken from the jail by a mob on the night of Saturday, December 29, 1883, and killed, according to a brief wire report published in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. The person's name is not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: wire report.