Died in jail or a lockup

Robert Patrick Woods

died January 22, 1885 · Pike County, Mississippi

Robert Patrick Woods, a Black man, was held in the jail at Magnolia, Mississippi, in January 1885. On January 22, a group of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a report from Mississippi reprinted in the Yorkville Enquirer on January 29, 1885.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A South Carolina paper reprinted a report that masked men took Robert Patrick Woods from the jail at Magnolia, Mississippi, and hanged him.

Reported by: South Carolina newspaper reprinting a Mississippi report (reporters).

Source

Yorkville Enquirer, January 29, 1885, page 2 Yorkville Enquirer, January 29, 1885

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