Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Virginia lynching from a jail was mentioned in passing in a Springfield Weekly Republican editorial published on August 15, 1902. The editorial says a mob took a prisoner from a Virginia jail and hanged him from a tree. No name, age, date, county or facility is given for the person, so nothing more can be said about who they were or how the jail responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Springfield Weekly Republican editorial says a mob took a prisoner from a jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Springfield Weekly Republican editorial (reporters).