Betsy McRae
Betsy McRae was one of three people held in the jail at Carrollton, Mississippi, in 1901. According to the account in the record, a mob of about 500 men stormed the jail and demanded the keys from the sheriff, then took the prisoners to the courtyard, where they were hanged and shot. The sheriff surrendered the keys after the presiding justice and prosecuting attorney appealed to the crowd. The governor arrived minutes after the deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 500 men stormed the Carrollton jail, demanded the keys from the sheriff, and hanged and shot the prisoners in the courtyard after the sheriff surrendered the keys.
Reported by: Carrollton, Mississippi jail sheriff (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.