Lloyd Clay
Lloyd Clay, about 22 and Black, was held in the Warren Jail in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in May 1919. According to an account reprinted by the N.A.A.C.P. from Vicksburg newspapers, a mob of hundreds overpowered Sheriff Scott, broke through the steel bars with railroad iron, and took him from the jail. The account says the mob hanged him and burned his body at Clay and Farmer Streets. The sheriff's response is described only as the reprint gives it, and the mob's actions come from that account rather than an official record.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered Sheriff Scott, broke through the jail's steel bars with railroad iron, took Lloyd Clay from the Warren Jail in Vicksburg and hanged and burned him, according to an NAACP account reprinted from Vicksburg newspapers.
Reported by: N. A. A. C. P. account reprinted from the Vicksburg newspapers (advocates).