Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson was in the custody of officers who were transporting him to the prison at Walnut Grove in Leake County, Mississippi. On August 16, 1902, a party of citizens took him from those officers and lynched him, according to a report in The Montgomery Advertiser the following day. The report describes the mob seizing him from the officers, and it names the officers' conduct only in that respect.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of citizens took him from officers transporting him to prison at Walnut Grove, Leake County, Mississippi, and lynched him, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.
Reported by: The Montgomery Advertiser (reporters).