Died in jail or a lockup
Lindsay Coleman
Lindsay Coleman was held in custody in Clarksdale, Mississippi, awaiting trial. According to a report in The Monitor, a jury there found him not guilty, and within thirty minutes of the trial ending a mob took him from the officers holding him and lynched him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Monitor reports that a mob took Lindsay Coleman from the officers holding him within thirty minutes of his acquittal in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and killed him.
Reported by: The Monitor (reporters).