Died in custody
Robert Mitchell
Robert Mitchell, a Black man, was taken from a deputy sheriff by a mob at Oak Grove, near Delhi, Mississippi, and lynched, according to a 1908 Times-Promoter report. The report describes the deputy as having custody of him when the mob seized him. Whether the deputy resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched