Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Brookhaven jail was taken from it and hanged on August 25, 1874, according to The Daily Phoenix. The paper reports that he was one of three Black men taken from the jail that day. It says he had been brought to the Brookhaven jail that morning from Canton. The Daily Phoenix put the crowd that hanged him at about 1,000 citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody