Died in jail or a lockup
Anthony
Anthony was one of three Black people held in the jail at Brock Haven, Mississippi. On the evening of August 22, 1874, a crowd of about 1,000 citizens took the three from the jail and hanged them, according to the Los Angeles Daily Herald. The jail held Anthony until the crowd took Anthony from it and hanged Anthony there.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Citizens took Anthony from the Brock Haven, Mississippi jail and hanged him in a crowd of about 1,000 on August 22, 1874.
Reported by: news reports.