Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Judge Chisholm's daughter followed her father to the De Kalb jail in Kemper County, Mississippi, where her family was. In 1876 a mob broke into the jail, and during the attack that also killed her father and brother, she was mortally wounded. A New York Tribune report, reprinted in the Daily Republican in 1879, gave this account of her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Tribune, as quoted by the Daily Republican, says a mob broke into the De Kalb jail and mortally wounded the judge's daughter during the attack that also killed her father and brother.
Reported by: New York Tribune, as quoted by the Daily Republican (reporters).