Died in jail or a lockup
Dan Dove
Dan Dove was held in the jail at Lucedale, Mississippi, when an armed mob took him from it and lynched him, according to a brief item in The Donaldsonville Chief published October 27, 1906. The item describes the mob as armed and the killing as a lynching, but it gives no date for the death beyond the publication date. Whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed him over is not reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news item reports that an armed mob took Dan Dove from the jail at Lucedale, Mississippi, and lynched him.
Reported by: brief news item.