Minor Wilson
Minton Wilson, a Black man, was held in the Yazoo City jail in Yazoo County, Mississippi. On March 18, 1899, while he was being transferred by steamer to Sharkey County authorities, an armed mob took him from a deputy constable near Silver City. The Age-Herald reported that he was shot along with two other men and that their bodies were weighted and thrown into the Yazoo River. A Leader dispatch dated March 24 gave the same account, saying he was shot to death and his body was weighted with bundles of cotton bale before being thrown into the river.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1899 newspaper report says an armed mob took the men from a deputy constable near Silver City, shot them, and threw their weighted bodies into the Yazoo River.
Reported by: Newspaper report (March 24, 1899 dispatch) (reporters).