Died in jail or a lockup
Martin Jones
Martin Jones, a Black man, was in the custody of officers who were taking him to the county jail at Skipwith, Mississippi. The Semi-Weekly Interior Journal reported on July 6, 1883, that a mob took him from the officers and hanged him on July 3, 1883, before they reached the jail. The paper's account does not describe how the officers responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1883 newspaper reports that a mob hanged Martin Jones before the officers escorting him could reach the county jail.
Reported by: news reports.