Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Rockport, Indiana. On the night of December 16, 1900, a mob took him and another Black man from the jail yard, according to the Alexandria Gazette, which reported it the next day. The paper said he was shot to death in his cell and then hanged, and that the bodies were riddled with bullets afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.