Died in jail or a lockup
Bam Adams
Bam Adams was being held in the jail at Pass Christian, Mississippi, in November 1903. According to a news dispatch in The Montgomery Advertiser, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree. Officers had planned to move him to Mississippi City for safekeeping, but the crowd was too large and determined for them to stop.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob took Bam Adams from the jail at Pass Christian, Mississippi, and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: news dispatch.