Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Martin
Jim Martin was held in the city prison in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on December 23, 1899. According to an Associated Press account published in The Age-Herald, about 150 men broke into the jail that evening and took him and another man to Baker's Creek bridge west of town. There, the mob placed a noose around his neck and told him to jump, and he was killed. The account gives no information about his life or family.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press report says a mob of about 150 men broke open the Vicksburg city prison, took Jim Martin to Baker's Creek bridge and hanged him.
Reported by: Associated Press representative (reporters).