Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In June 1881, a group of masked men took a man from his cell in a jail at night and hanged him, according to a brief item in the Memphis Daily Appeal. He was one of two men the jail was holding at the time. The jail held him in its custody when the masked men took him from his cell and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.