Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A young Black man held in the Russell County jail in Virginia was taken from the jail by masked men on Friday, June 6, 1884, and hanged beside the public road, according to a Lynchburg, Virginia dispatch printed in The Fairfield News and Herald. His name is not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Lynchburg, Va. dispatch reprinted in the newspaper says masked men took the young man from the Russell County jail and hanged him beside the public road.
Reported by: Lynchburg, Va. dispatch reprinted in the newspaper (reporters).