Died in jail or a lockup
Randall Johnson
Randall Johnson, a Black minister in Westville, Mississippi, was held in the local jail in June 1877. On June 5, 1877, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a letter from A. G. Berry, Jr., published in the Weekly Clarion. Berry wrote that white and Black citizens took part, and that a Black man tied the rope to a tree limb.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A. G. Berry, Jr., in a letter to the Clarion, says a mob took Randall Johnson from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: A. G. Berry, Jr., in a letter to the Clarion.