Died in jail or a lockup
Major Clarke
Major Clarke, a Black man, was held at the jail in Shubuta, Mississippi. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Alabama, a mob took him from the jail on the night of December 20, 1918, after forcing the jailer to unlock the cells. The dispatch says the mob drove Clarke and three others out of town in an automobile and hanged him from the girders of a bridge over the Chickasawhay River.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Alabama, reports that a mob took him from the Shubuta, Mississippi jail and hanged him from a bridge over the Chickasawhay River.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch from Mobile, Ala. (reporters).