Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Tipton Advertiser reported on August 24, 1871, that ten Black people were taken from a jail by several hundred Ku Klux Klan members, who were said to be acting under military organization, and killed. This person was one of those ten, though the account gives no name for them. A committee was reported to have investigated the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: a congressional committee investigation described in the article.