Died in jail or a lockup

Jok Mitchell

died May 1898 · Rives jail, Obion County, Tennessee

Jok Mitchell, a Black brakeman on the Illinois Central Railroad, was held in the jail at Rives, Tenn., in May 1898. According to The Columbia Herald, a mob took him from the jail, carried him into the woods, hanged him and riddled his body with bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Columbia Herald, May 27, 1898, page 1 The Columbia Herald, May 27, 1898

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