Pat Woods

Pat Woods, a Black man, was held in a jail in January 1885 when a mob broke into the building, took him out and hanged him. The Huntsville Gazette and the Grenada Sentinel place the killing at McComb City, while The Southern Herald places it at Magnolia. The Southern Herald reports that he was hung from a tree in the courthouse yard on the night of January 22, 1885.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke open the jail at McComb City, took Pat Woods out and hanged him, according to the Huntsville Gazette; a second account places the hanging from a courthouse-yard tree at Magnolia on January 22, 1885.

Reported by: Huntsville Gazette (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Huntsville Gazette, January 31, 1885, page 1 Huntsville Gazette, January 31, 1885
• The Southern Herald, January 31, 1885, page 2 The Southern Herald, January 31, 1885
• The Grenada Sentinel, January 31, 1885, page 6 The Grenada Sentinel, January 31, 1885