Died in jail or a lockup
Steve Crump
Steve Crump, a Black man, was held in the Amory jail in Monroe County, Mississippi. According to a United Press dispatch published in The Daily State Chronicle, about 100 men who did not hide their faces broke him out of the jail on Tuesday afternoon, September 9, 1890, and hanged him. The dispatch is the source for this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A United Press dispatch reports that about 100 unmasked men broke Steve Crump out of the Amory jail and hanged him.
Reported by: United Press dispatch (reporters).