Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 1876

Two men who had been lodged in a town jail in July 1876 were taken from it during the night by a crowd that forced the jail and hanged them. Their names are not recorded in the account. The account is a brief newspaper item, and the place and exact date are not clear from the text.

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

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