Died in custody
James Jackson
According to a brief telegraph report in the Las Vegas Daily Gazette, a mob took James Jackson from officers near Oxford, Mississippi, in September 1884, and lynched him. James Jackson was Black. The report says the mob took him from officers but does not name the facility or describe how the officers responded. Lynching from custody is the classification assigned to this record.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief telegraph report says a mob took James Jackson from officers near Oxford, Mississippi, and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.