Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Hawkins
Jim Hawkins, a Black man, was held in the jail at Gretna, Louisiana. According to a Kansas City Daily Journal dispatch published September 25, 1896, a mob took him from the jail early on the morning of September 24 and lynched him. The dispatch is silent on whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Jim Hawkins from the Gretna jail and lynched him, according to the dispatch.
Reported by: news reports.