Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in an Illinois jail was taken from it by a mob and hanged, according to a short wire item in The Charleston Daily News published November 13, 1872. The mob took them from the jail where they were being held and hanged them. They were in the jail's custody when the mob came for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: short wire item in the paper.