Died in jail or a lockup
Claud Singleton
Claud Singleton, a Black man, was held in the Poplarville county jail in Poplarville, Mississippi. On April 18, 1918, a mob took him from the jail. According to the Norwich Bulletin's report the next day, the mob hanged him from a tree on the outskirts of town. A wire report published in the Bisbee Daily Review on April 19, 1918 also described his death as a lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.