Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died October 1892 · Rankin County, Mississippi

In October 1892, two Black men were being taken by three deputies to the jail at Brandon, Mississippi. According to the Pittsburg Dispatch, a crowd seized them on the way and hanged them. The men are not named in the account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

Pittsburg Dispatch, October 6, 1892, page 1 Pittsburg Dispatch, October 6, 1892

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