Joft Hopkins

Joft Hopkins was one of four Black men held in the jail at Mount Vernon, Indiana, on the night of October 11, 1878. According to The Milan Exchange, a disguised, armed mob came to the jail that night, took him and the three others from it, and hanged them from trees in the courthouse yard. The paper reports his death as a homicide carried out by the mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Milan Exchange reported that a disguised, armed mob took Joft Hopkins from the Mount Vernon, Indiana, jail and hanged him to a tree in the courthouse yard.

Reported by: The Milan Exchange (reporters).

Source

• The Milan Exchange, October 17, 1878, page 2 The Milan Exchange, October 17, 1878