Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Hodges
Jim Hodges, a Black man, was being held in the jail in Tyler, Texas, when a mob took him from the jail on May 1, 1909. The mob hanged him from the rafters of the new courthouse under construction next to the jail. The Hattiesburg News reported his death as a lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched