Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unidentified Black man was held in the jail at New Madrid, Missouri, when a mob took him from the cell and lynched him on May 30, 1910, according to a dispatch the Wenatchee Daily World printed the next day. The newspaper reports that no arrests were made in connection with the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Wenatchee Daily World, citing a New Madrid dispatch (reporters).