Mulock Wheeler

Mulock Wheeler, a Black man, was held in the jail at Corinth, Mississippi, when a masked mob of about 250 men took him from the jail at about 3 a.m. on August 11, 1898, and hanged him, according to a wire report printed in The Anaconda Standard.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire report printed in The Anaconda Standard says a masked mob of about 250 men took Mulock Wheeler from the Corinth, Mississippi, jail at about 3 a.m. and hanged him.

Reported by: The Anaconda Standard (wire report) (reporters).

Source

• The Anaconda Standard, August 12, 1898, page 7 The Anaconda Standard, August 12, 1898