Charles Jones
Charles Jones, a Black man, was held in the jail at Marshall, Texas, when he was taken from it on August 22, 1917. According to The Birmingham Age-Herald, a mob of five men took him at noon in an automobile and hanged him from a tree between Marshall and Elysian Fields, and the sheriff and deputies pursued them but arrived after he had been hanged. The El Paso Herald reported that a mob of firemen took him from the jail and hanged him to a tree, with the two accounts differing on who made up the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of five men took Charles Jones from the Marshall, Texas jail at noon and hanged him from a tree between Marshall and Elysian Fields, while sheriff's deputies pursued them too late to stop it.
Reported by: Sheriff's office (deputies who pursued the mob) (the agency that held him); News reporting of the August 1917 Marshall, Texas lynching (reporters).