Harold Jackson
Harold Jackson was held in the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville, Mississippi, when, according to Associated Press and other reports, a mob took him from the jail on April 22, 1926. Reports say the group drove him to Picayune, where he was hanged, and that one account describes thirty or more men burning holes in the jail doors with a blowtorch. Sheriff Arthur J. Smith was notified of the lynching. A judge and the district attorney went to Picayune to investigate, and an inquest was scheduled.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Harold Jackson from the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville, Mississippi, and hanged him near Picayune, according to news reports and Sheriff Arthur J. Smith.
Reported by: news reports from Gulfport, Mississippi (reporters); Sheriff Arthur J. Smith (the agency that held him); Associated Press report (reporters).