Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob on the night of June 3, 1894, according to The Helena Independent, which reported his death the following day. The mob tied him to a tree and killed him. The place where this happened is illegible in the surviving newspaper text, and his name is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.