Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Clark
Robert Clark was being held in the Lucedale jail in Jackson County, Mississippi, when about 300 masked men came for him early on October 21, 1906. According to the account, the guards had fallen asleep, and the mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole near the Lucedale depot. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that he died at the end of an inch rope. No member of the mob was identified in that verdict.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).