Name not reported

A Black man held in the jail in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, was taken from the jail by a mob that broke in and hanged him, according to a 1904 report in The Gazette. The paper said the sheriff and other local officials failed to stop the mob, and it urged the governor to act against them. A reprinted Charleston Advocate editorial from West Virginia also condemned the lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Charleston Advocate reprinted reports that a mob broke into the Springfield, Ohio jail and hanged the man, and the Gazette said local officials failed to stop the mob.

Reported by: Charleston (W. Va.) Advocate (reporters).

Source

• The Gazette, March 19, 1904, page 2 The Gazette, March 19, 1904