Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Hancock County, Mississippi

A Black man was held in the jail at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. A short dispatch in the Southern Standard, published in August 1881, reports the killing. The jail was the place where he was held, and the mob reached him there.

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

Reported by: short newspaper dispatch.

Source

Southern Standard, August 27, 1881, page 1 Southern Standard, August 27, 1881

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