Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men held in the jail at Purvis, Mississippi, were taken from it by a band of about fifty railroad employees. According to the Abbeville Press and Banner, published January 14, 1885, the mob hanged the three men from trees. The jail was the place where the men were being held when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.