Harold Jackson
Harold Jackson was held in the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville, Mississippi, in April 1926. On April 22, a mob entered the jail, took him by automobile to Picayune, and hanged him from a bridge inside the city limits, according to newspaper reports. The sheriff's office 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: Killed by another person in custody. A mob took Harold Jackson from the Pearl River County jail in Poplarville, Mississippi, and hanged him near Picayune, according to news reports; the reports do not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: Sheriff Arthur J. Smith (the agency that held him); Associated Press report (reporters); Gulfport dispatch in the Seward Daily Gateway (reporters); Keowee Courier, reporting from a Poplarville, Miss. dispatch (reporters).