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Died in jail or a lockup

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died October 20, 1884 · Alabama

A woman held in an Alabama jail was taken from it by a mob. She was killed on the night of Monday, October 20, 1884, according to a brief in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. That brief was printed in the paper on October 22, 1884.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).

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