Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black men held in the jail at Mecklenburg, Virginia, were taken from it by a mob and lynched, according to a January 1891 report in The Iowa Plain Dealer. It does not say whether the jail or its officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Iowa Plain Dealer reported that a mob took five men from the jail at Mecklenburg, Virginia, and lynched them.
Reported by: The Iowa Plain Dealer (reporters).