Died in custody
Name not reported
Two brothers, both Black men, were held in confinement at Selma, Missouri, according to a report in the Abbeville Press and Banner in April 1882. The paper reports that a party of masked men took them from custody and lynched them. Both men were killed by the mob that came for them while they were in the custody of the Selma authorities.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.