Dan Callicutt
Dan Callicutt was one of two Black men held in the Alcorn County jail in Corinth, Mississippi, when a mob of about 100 people came to the jail on the night of August 29, 1920. According to the Southern Herald, the mob took the two men from the jail and hanged them from a telephone pole at a railroad crossing. The Southern Herald reported that the jailer was forced at gunpoint to hand over the cell keys, while the Macon Beacon said he complied. The county prosecutor said at least one of the two men was likely innocent and promised a vigorous investigation. Officials who looked into the killings could not find any trace of the mob, and a coroner's jury adjourned its hearing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the men from the Alcorn County jail and hanged them from a telephone pole at a railroad crossing, and the jailer handed over the keys at gunpoint.
Reported by: news reporting on the lynching.