Died in jail or a lockup
Wm. Moore
William Moore, a Black man, was held in the jail at Mattoon, Illinois, when a group of masked men took him from the jail and lynched him, according to a report in the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal published June 29, 1888. The report attributes the killing to the masked men. It does not describe any action taken by the jail's staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took William Moore from the jail at Mattoon, Illinois, and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.