Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a Virginia county jail in January 1883 was taken from his cell by a mob and lynched, according to a brief report in the Milford Chronicle published February 2, 1883. The report gives no name for him and does not say how the mob got in. A second man was being held in the same jail at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.