Died in custody
Jenkins
Jenkins was a Black man from Mississippi, one of the Jenkins brothers who were among four Black men taken from a deputy sheriff near Van Cleave and lynched by a mob. A Tupelo Journal report published on March 20, 1908 describes the mob taking the men from the deputy and killing them. The men had been in the custody of the deputy sheriff when the mob seized them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.