Died in custody

Name not reported

died September 10, 1930 · DeKalb, Mississippi

Two Black men held in the custody of deputy sheriffs at DeKalb, Mississippi, were taken from the officers by a band of 15 masked men on September 10, 1930, and killed. According to the record, the two white officers were tied to trees and watched while the men were seized. The Gazette, a Black newspaper in Cleveland, reported the killings as part of a rise in lynchings in the South.

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