Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the county jail in Mansfield, Missouri, was taken from the jail in April 1900 by a mob that forced its way in at about 11 o'clock at night. The mob took him to the Court House yard and hanged him. The 1900 report describes the crowd as quiet and orderly, and it does not make clear how the sheriff responded. No family accounts or further details about him survive in this report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.