Died in jail or a lockup
Belford McCray
Belford McCray, a Black man, was held at the Carrollton jail in Carrollton, Mississippi, when a mob took him from the jail on a Thursday afternoon in August 1901, along with two others. The mob hanged and shot him. A man who had left Jackson by special train to stop the lynching arrived after the mob had dispersed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper account says a mob took him from the Carrollton jail, then hanged and shot him.
Reported by: Newspaper account of the Carrollton, Mississippi lynching (reporters).