Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died March 1904 · Clark County, Ohio

A person whose name, age and sex are not recorded was held in the jail in Springfield, Ohio, and in early March 1904, on a Monday night, a mob took them from the jail and killed them. The Montgomery Advertiser reported the killing, and an editorial in that paper said it happened almost within sight of the governor's office and residence.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report