Died in jail or a lockup
Patten
Patten, a Black man, was held in the Oxford jail in Oxford, Mississippi, in September 1908. A mob broke into the jail, took him from his cell and killed him. The Greene County Herald reported that former U.S. Senator W. V. Sullivan led the mob. A coroner's jury attributed his death to parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found the death was at the hands of parties unknown, and the accounts say a mob took him from the Oxford jail and killed him.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); news reports.