Died in jail or a lockup
Wes Brown
Wes Brown was held in the Huntsville jail in Alabama in October 1883 when a group of eight to ten people climbed the jail fence late one evening. According to the Huntsville Gazette, they took the keys, removed him from his cell and marched him to the center of town, where they hanged him in the courthouse yard. The paper reports that the lone person in charge at the jail offered no resistance, and that his body was left hanging until the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Huntsville Gazette reports that a mob took Wes Brown from the Huntsville jail and hanged him in the courthouse yard, and that the lone jailer offered no resistance.
Reported by: Huntsville Gazette (reporters).