Ada McCray
Ada McCray was a Black woman held in the Carroll County jail in Carrollton, Mississippi. On the afternoon of August 1, 1901, a mob of white men came to the jail and demanded the keys. Jailer Duke protested and was overpowered, and the mob took Ada McCray from the jail, along with her mother and brother, to the edge of town. There they hanged her from a tree and then shot her body. The Leader reported that the judge and district attorney had appealed for a trial before the mob acted.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Ada McCray from the Carroll County jail in Carrollton, Mississippi, after jailer Duke protested and was overpowered when the mob demanded the keys.
Reported by: Carroll County jailer Duke (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.