Name not reported

A Black person held in the Mount Vernon, Ohio, jail was taken from the jail by a mob in October 1878 and hanged in the jail yard. The Anderson Intelligencer reported the death but gave no name, age, or other details about this person. The same report describes the mob taking four people from the jail that month, and the paper offered no evidence for the accusation it made against the group.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Anderson Intelligencer reports that a mob took him from the Mount Vernon jail in Ohio and hanged him in the jail yard.

Reported by: The Anderson Intelligencer (reporters).

Source

• The Anderson Intelligencer, October 31, 1878, page 2 The Anderson Intelligencer, October 31, 1878