Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18

Alma Howze

16 years old · died December 20, 1918 · Shubuta jail, Clarke County, Mississippi

Alma Howze was a 16-year-old girl and the younger sister of Maggie Howze. She was held in the Shubuta jail in Mississippi, where, according to The Crisis, a mob took her and three others from the jail on December 20, 1918. The mob lynched them on a bridge over the Chickasawha River. The Crisis reports that the four protested their innocence up to the moment they were killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Crisis reports that a mob took Alma Howze from the Shubuta jail and lynched her on a bridge over the Chickasawha River.

Reported by: The Crisis (reporters).

Source

Cayton'S Weekly, May 24, 1919, page 3 Cayton'S Weekly, May 24, 1919

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