Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died March 19, 1902 · Mississippi

A Black man held in a Mississippi jail on March 19, 1902, was taken from custody by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in the Chariton Courier published two days later. The paper gives no name, county or jail for him.

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

Reported by: Chariton Courier (reporters).

Source

Chariton Courier, March 21, 1902, page 5 Chariton Courier, March 21, 1902

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