Name not reported

In October 1878, a mob took a Black person from the jail in Mount Vernon, Ohio, where they were being held, and hanged them in the jail yard. The Anderson Intelligencer reported that four people were taken from the jail this way, and this person was one of them. No name or age is given for them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Anderson Intelligencer (reporters).

Source

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