Jordan

Jordan was held in the local jail at Purvis, Mississippi, in late December 1884. Early on the morning of December 28, a crowd of enraged citizens took him from the jail and hanged him. Wire reports of the killing give no names of the people involved and no account of how the jailers responded.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News reports (3)

• The Dallas Daily Herald, December 29, 1884, page 1 The Dallas Daily Herald, December 29, 1884
• Fort Worth Daily Gazette, December 29, 1884, page 5 Fort Worth Daily Gazette, December 29, 1884
• The Dallas Weekly Herald, January 1, 1885, page 4 The Dallas Weekly Herald, January 1, 1885