Died in custody
Benjamin Webster
Benjamin Webster, a Black man, was being brought from Jackson, where he had been held for safekeeping, in the custody of a deputy sheriff. A mob took him from the deputy. On January 3, 1923, the mob hanged him in Lawrence County, Mississippi. The Richmond Planet reported his death in September 1923.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.