Died in jail or a lockup

Pink Willis

Poptarville Jail, Poptarville, Mississippi

Pink Willis, a Black man, was being held at the jail at Poptarville, Mississippi, when a mob stormed the building and took him. The Dakota Farmers' Leader reported in January 1909 that the mob lynched him, and that his body was riddled with bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stormed the Poptarville, Mississippi jail and killed Pink Willis, and the paper reports his body was riddled with bullets.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Dakota Farmers' Leader, January 15, 1909, page 2 Dakota Farmers' Leader, January 15, 1909

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