Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a West Virginia jail was taken from his cell by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in The County Record published August 5, 1920. He was in the custody of the jail when the mob came for him and killed him. The death is reported as having happened shortly before that publication date.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Southern newspaper's column on recent crime (reporters).