George Marshall
George Marshall, a Black man, was being transported near Lauderdale, Mississippi, by a constable under a court order after he had been committed to jail, in April 1921. According to the constable, a small group of men stopped the officer a few miles out of town and ordered him to turn back, and as he did, they shot Marshall to death. The constable's account is that the men were the ones who acted. The sheriff said some of those involved are known and that arrests were expected to follow.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The constable said a small group of men stopped his transport a few miles out of town and that Marshall was shot to death after the officer was ordered to turn back.
Reported by: Constable Null (the agency that held him); the sheriff. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.