Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A young Black man, whose name the report does not give, was taken from the jail at Tupelo, Mississippi, by a mob and lynched, according to a brief item in the Democratic Northwest and Henry County News in April 1896. The death is dated April 4, 1896. The jail held him at the time, and the mob took him from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.