Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Clark, alias Dan Dove
Robert Clark, also known as Dan Dove, a 35-year-old Black man, was held in the Jackson County jail in Lucedale, Mississippi, in October 1906. Two deputies were guarding him overnight after he had been taken from a posse, but both fell asleep. Around 300 masked men then took him from the jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole nearby. No one from the mob was identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.