Died in jail or a lockup
John Dennis
John Dennis was held in the jail at Greenville, Mississippi. According to The Birmingham Age-Herald, on the afternoon of June 4, 1903, a mob of about 200 men broke the jail door down with a railroad rail, took him to the telephone exchange, and hanged him from a telephone pole. The paper reported that he asked only for time to pray before he was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account of the lynching.