Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a dispatch from Brazil reprinted in the Memphis Daily Appeal on February 24, 1872, a man was taken from a jail and lynched near the River Plate. The dispatch does not give his name, the town, or the exact date. The report says he was described as the leader of a group, and that the other prisoners were expected to be taken out and killed. It does not say who carried out the lynching or whether jail staff resisted, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Mail advices from Brazil, as reported in the Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters).