Died in jail or a lockup

Arthur Jennings

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Arthur Jennings, a Black man, was held in a jail in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. According to a short wire dispatch printed in the Seattle Star on March 21, 1921, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Seattle Star (reporters).

Source

The Seattle Star, March 21, 1921, page 5 The Seattle Star, March 21, 1921

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