Died in jail or a lockup
Dallas Shields
Dallas Shields, a Black man, worked as a barber. He was held in the jail in Fayette, Missouri. On the evening of March 17, 1914, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him in the courthouse square in the center of town. The Bismarck Daily Tribune reported that a policeman was overpowered before the mob took him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Dallas Shields from the jail in Fayette, Missouri, and lynched him in the courthouse square on the evening of March 17, 1914.
Reported by: news reports.