Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Fleming
Henry Fleming, a Black man, was taken from custody in Columbus, Mississippi, by a mob and hanged, and newspaper accounts report that his body was riddled with bullets. One paper dates his death to July 12, 1893, and another to July 20, 1893. One account says the mob took him from the jail, and another says they took him from officers. The jail's or officers' response is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper accounts of July 1893 (reporters).