Died in custody
Jack Yarborough
On November 23, 1895, Jack Yarborough was being held in custody on a train that had just arrived at Crystal Springs, Mississippi. According to the Griggs Courier, a mob of about 200 men from Hopewell took him off the train and hanged him from a tree. The paper reported the killing six days later, on November 29, 1895. The Courier's account names no one who was guarding him on the train and says nothing about how he was handed over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched