Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died 1876 · Kemper-Neshoba County Regional Correctional Facility, Kemper County, Mississippi

A friend of Judge Chisholm, whose name is not recorded, was held at the De Kalb jail in Kemper County, Mississippi, in 1876. The New York Tribune, as quoted by the Daily Republican in 1879, reported that a mob seized him from the jail and killed him. The jail was the place of his custody when the mob took him.

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

Reported by: New York Tribune, as quoted by the Daily Republican (reporters).

Source

Daily Republican, August 1, 1879, page 2 Daily Republican, August 1, 1879

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