Died in jail or a lockup
Bob Auston
Bob Auston, who was Black, was held in the Memphis jail in Tennessee when a mob came for them on the morning of March 18, 1910. A 1910 newspaper report said the mob took the keys from a deputy, entered the jail, and removed Bob Auston from the building. The report said the mob hanged Bob Auston from a tree in the jail yard, with about 60 people taking part. The report gives no account of any effort by jail staff to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from the Memphis jail, hanged him from a tree in the jail yard, and took the keys from a deputy, according to a brief 1910 dispatch.
Reported by: news reports.