Died in jail or a lockup
Woc Brown
A mob of about fifty men took Woc Brown from the jail at Elkins, West Virginia, in the early hours of March 19, 1909, and lynched him. He was being held in that jail when the men came for him. The Evening Journal reported the killing the same day.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty men took Woc Brown from the Elkins, West Virginia jail early on March 19, 1909 and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.