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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 11, 1887 · Mississippi

On April 11, 1887, an armed mob of about twenty-five men from Union County, Mississippi, stormed the jail and took a man from his cell, and the Springfield Daily Republic reported that the mob killed him. His name is not legible in the report.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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