Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Mississippi

Three men held in a jail near Purvis, Mississippi, were taken from it by a band of about fifty railroad employees and hanged from trees, according to the Gloucester County Democrat's 1885 report. The men had been held after a train wreck that killed the engineer and fireman.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Gloucester County Democrat, January 1, 1885, page 4 Gloucester County Democrat, January 1, 1885

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