Died in jail or a lockup
Dave Sims
Dave Sims, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Coahoma, Mississippi, by a mob and lynched, according to a brief national news item published in the Milford Chronicle on December 1, 1905. The item places his death on or about November 23, 1905. It does not describe how the mob got into the jail or whether the jailer or officers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief national news item reports that a mob took Dave Sims from the Coahoma, Mississippi, jail and lynched him.
Reported by: national news reporting.