Died in jail or a lockup
Micajah Parker
Micajah Parker was held in the jail at Yazoo City, Mississippi, according to a town report reprinted in the Daily Dispatch on December 30, 1883. That report says an armed crowd came to the jail on the evening of December 29, 1883, took him from custody, and lynched him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Yazoo City special to the Herald, reprinted in the Daily Dispatch (reporters).