Name not reported

In a 1943 letter to the editor, Tuskegee Institute president F. D. Patterson, citing the institute's Department of Records and Research, reported that five people were lynched in 1942. In one of those killings, a mob took a person from a jail and hanged them. The person's name, the jail and the town are not given.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. F. D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, citing the institute's records, says a mob hanged one person taken from a jail in 1942.

Reported by: F. D. Patterson, President, Tuskegee Institute, citing the institute's Department of Records and Research.

Source

• The Tacoma Times, January 4, 1943, page 2 The Tacoma Times, January 4, 1943