Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died February 11, 1913 · Kharkov jail, Kharkov

On February 11, 1913, a man held in the jail at Kharkov was taken from custody when a mob of about 1,000 people stormed the building and demolished it, according to The Montgomery Advertiser. The mob lynched him there. His name has not been recorded in the report of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to the report, a mob of about 1,000 peasants stormed the Kharkov jail, demolished the building and lynched the man held there.

Reported by: the newspaper report of the Kharkov lynching (reporters).

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