Died in jail or a lockup
Victor Mills
Victor Mills was held in the McMinnville, Tennessee, jail in April 1896, when the Barton County Democrat reported that a mob of about 15 armed men broke in during the night. The paper says the mob dragged the jailer from his bed and forced him to give up the keys, then took Mills and another man on horseback about five miles and hanged them. According to the article, the prisoners were overpowered after a hard fight in the jail. The account is a single 1896 newspaper report, and no other sources about Mills are available.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 15 armed men took Victor Mills from the McMinnville jail, forced the jailer to surrender the keys, and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.