Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Name not reported
A Black child, described in a news dispatch datelined Memphis as 8 years old, was held in the jail at Tupelo. According to the dispatch, around 2 a.m. on April 3, 1896, masked men overpowered the sheriff at his home with shotguns and forced him to open the jail. The mob took the child from the jail and lynched them in front of the courthouse.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch datelined Memphis says a mob overpowered the sheriff at his home with shotguns, forced him to open the jail, and lynched the child in front of the courthouse.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Memphis (reporters).