Died in jail or a lockup
Nick Veazy
Nick Veazy, a Black man, was in the custody of officers who were taking him to a jail in Coldwater, Mississippi, on the night of November 14, 1908. According to the Associated Press, a mob of about one hundred men took him from the officers and hanged him. The report says the men were friends of a planter who had been murdered and had gathered in Coldwater for the funeral.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about one hundred men took Nick Veazy from officers trying to place him in a Coldwater, Mississippi jail and hanged him, according to the Associated Press.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).