Died in jail or a lockup
Pugh Bearden
Pugh Bearden, a Black man, was held at the Brookhaven jail in Brookhaven, Mississippi, together with his brother Stanley, according to a wire report carried by the South Bend News-Times. The report says a mob easily overpowered the guards at the small jail, took both men from their cells and drove out of town in automobiles. Both men were killed by the mob. The wire report says the trouble began as a dispute over a debt between the Bearden brothers and two other men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire report says a mob overpowered the guards at the Brookhaven jail, took Pugh Bearden from his cell and lynched him.
Reported by: wire report.