Died in custody

Mosley

died November 7, 1911 · Mississippi

Mosley, a Black man, was in the custody of a deputy sheriff near Lockport, Mississippi, when a mob of about 400 people took him from the deputy on the morning of November 7, 1911, and lynched him. The Cairo Bulletin reported that his body was riddled with bullets. The paper does not say whether the deputy resisted the mob or gave Mosley up.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Cairo Bulletin, November 8, 1911, page 3 The Cairo Bulletin, November 8, 1911

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