Died in jail or a lockup
Raymond Murphy
Raymond Murphy was held in the county jail at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Narragansett Herald reported that as a constable was about to board a train with him, a mob of about fifty people took him from the officers. The mob hanged him from a telegraph pole alongside another man. The paper gave the cause of death as hanging by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty people took Raymond Murphy from officers as a constable was about to board a train with him and hanged him from a telegraph pole, according to the Narragansett Herald.
Reported by: Narragansett Herald (reporters).