Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail near Alexandria, Virginia, was taken from the jail by a mob and killed in August 1869. He was one of two men held there at the time. A brief news item published August 26 of that year reported that he was lynched. The mob took him from the jail and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched