Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died March 10, 1886

A mob took a man from the jail where he was being held on the morning of Wednesday, March 10, 1886, and hanged him in the courthouse yard. He was hanged alongside John Martin, another man held in the same jail. Both men were taken from the jail by the same mob.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Jasper Weekly Courier, March 12, 1886, page 4 The Jasper Weekly Courier, March 12, 1886

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