Maggie House
Maggie House, a Black woman, was held in the jail at Shubuta, Mississippi, on the night of December 20, 1918, when a mob came for the people held there. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Alabama, citing information received there, the mob took her from the jail and hanged her from a bridge over the Chickasawhay River. She was one of four people taken from the jail that same night. The jailer was forced to unlock the cells, according to the same report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Alabama, reported that a mob took her from the jail at Shubuta, Mississippi, and hanged her from a bridge over the Chickasawhay River.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Ala., citing information received there (reporters).