Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of ten Black people taken from a jail by several hundred Ku Klux Klan members acting under military organization was killed by the mob, according to a Tipton Advertiser report published August 24, 1871. A committee investigated the killings. The account gives no name for the person and no information about their family or work.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.