Died in jail or a lockup
Jumps Woodson
Jumps Woodson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Green River, Wyoming, on December 10, 1918. According to the Albuquerque Morning Journal, a mob of about 500 men, mostly railroad workers, took him from the jail that afternoon and lynched him from a telephone pole in front of the courthouse. The paper reports that the Sweetwater County sheriff tried without success to identify any member of the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a mob of about 500 men took Woodson from the Green River jail that afternoon and lynched him from a telephone pole in front of the courthouse.
Reported by: news report of the 1918 lynching (reporters).