Died in jail or a lockup
James Woodson
James Woodson, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Green River, Wisconsin, in December 1918. According to a newspaper report published on December 13, a mob of about 500 men, mostly railroad employees, took him from the jail on the afternoon of December 10 and lynched him. Who the mob was and how they got him out of the jail is not set out in the report, and it does not say whether the jailers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1918 newspaper report says a mob of about 500 men, mostly railroad employees, took him from the Green River jail and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.