Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 28, 1879 · Idaho

Four Black men held in a jail in Idaho were taken out by a mob on the night of Sunday, December 28, 1879, and shot dead. The mob took them from the jail and killed them there in the street. Their names are not given here.

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

Reported by: historical newspaper report.

Source

Vermont Phœnix, January 2, 1880, page 3 Vermont Phœnix, January 2, 1880

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