Died in custody

Name not reported

died September 10, 1930 · DeKalb, Mississippi

Two Black men were being held by deputy sheriffs at DeKalb, Mississippi, when a band of 15 masked men took them from the officers and killed them on September 10, 1930. The two deputies were tied to trees and watched as the men were taken. The Gazette, a Black newspaper in Cleveland, reported the killings as part of a rise in lynchings in the South. The account gives no names or ages for the two men.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputies were holding the man when a band of 15 masked men took him from the officers and killed him.

Reported by: The Gazette, a Cleveland Black newspaper (reporters).

Source

The Gazette, September 13, 1930, page 2 The Gazette, September 13, 1930

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