Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Name not reported
A 14-year-old Black boy, whose name the sources do not give, was held in the custody of the sheriff at Quitman, Mississippi, in October 1942. The Detroit Tribune reported that a mob took him and another 14-year-old boy from the sheriff and hanged them from a bridge near the place where the alleged incident occurred. The paper's editorial said the sheriff did not stop the mob and that the boys were handed over, and it called the killing a lynching of children.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Detroit Tribune says a mob took the boy from the sheriff at Quitman, Mississippi, and hanged him from a bridge.
Reported by: The Detroit Tribune (reporters).