Died in jail or a lockup
John Brown
John Brown, a Black man, was held at the jail in Jackson, Mississippi. According to a brief item in the Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner published August 5, 1891, a mob of about 500 men took him from the jail and hanged him to a tree in the courthouse yard.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.