Died in jail or a lockup
Johnson
In April 1885, Johnson, a Black man, was in the custody of the sheriff at Iuka, Mississippi. According to a Chattanooga dispatch printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, a mob took him from the sheriff and killed him. The dispatch, citing a man just arrived from Iuka, said he was shot seven times and then hanged after being identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis Daily Appeal correspondent in Chattanooga, citing a gentleman just from Iuka, reports that a mob took Johnson from the sheriff and shot him seven times before hanging him.
Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal correspondent in Chattanooga, citing a gentleman just from Iuka (reporters).