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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

50 years old · died May 30, 1895 · Laurenville, Ohio

A man aged 50 was held in the lockup at Laurenville, Ohio. On May 30, 1895, a mob took him from the lockup and hanged him. A dispatch from Logan, Ohio, printed in the Arizona Weekly Citizen on June 8, 1895, reported the killing.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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