Andrew Clarke
A mob took Andrew Clarke, a Black man, from the jail at Shubuta, Mississippi, on the night of December 20, 1918, and hanged him from a bridge over the Chickasawhay River. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Alabama, citing information received there, the jailer was forced to unlock the cells, and four people were taken that night. The report reached the Richmond Times-Dispatch by long-distance relay, and its details have not been independently confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Alabama, reported that a mob took him from the Shubuta, Mississippi, jail and hanged him from a bridge.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Ala. (reporters).