Died in custody
Henry Spilth
Henry Spilth was being taken by an officer to Clinton, Mississippi, with plans to move him to the jail at Raymond, according to a Southern Associated Press dispatch from Jackson, Mississippi, published May 27, 1894. The officer kept him overnight in the rear of a store, where an armed mob entered, took him out and hanged him. The dispatch reports that the killing surprised people and was strongly condemned by the best citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Southern Associated Press dispatch from Jackson, Mississippi reports that an armed mob took Henry Spilth from the officer holding him in the rear of a store and hanged him.
Reported by: Southern Associated Press dispatch from Jackson, Miss. (reporters).