Died in jail or a lockup
Sidney Townes
Sidney Townes, a Black man, was held in the custody of Sheriff Frost in Scobey, Mississippi, on August 12, 1925. According to an Associated Press report, a mob of about seventy-five men took him from the sheriff that day and shot him many times. The report says he had already been wounded by a shotgun before the mob shot him, and that he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press report (reporters).