Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In February 1910, a mob in Illinois tried to break into a jail to kill a Black man held there, according to a Washington Times editorial. The sheriff stood his ground, and in the attack one member of the mob was killed and four others were wounded. The man's name is not recorded in the account. The facts of who held him and the events at the jail come from this single newspaper account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Washington Times editorial describes a mob trying to break into an Illinois jail to kill a man held there; the sheriff held his ground and the man was not killed.
Reported by: The Washington Times editorial (reporters).