Died in jail or a lockup
Mug Walker
Mug Walker was held in the Corinth jail in Corinth, Mississippi, in August 1898. According to The Weekly Corinthian, about 1 a.m. a mob of masked men, estimated at 25 to 100, forced their way into the jail, took him from his cell, and hanged him from an electric light pole on Filmore street. His body was left hanging until daylight, when city authorities cut it down, and the paper reports that no clue to who carried out the lynching could be found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Weekly Corinthian reports that a mob of masked men took Mug Walker from the Corinth jail and hanged him from an electric light pole.
Reported by: The Weekly Corinthian (reporters).