Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
An 8-year-old Black child was held at the jail in Tupelo. A news dispatch datelined Memphis says a mob overpowered the sheriff at his home with shotguns and forced him to open the jail around 2 a.m. on April 3, 1896. The men, reported to be masked, took the child from the jail and lynched them in front of the courthouse. The child's name is not given in the dispatch.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis dispatch published in The Morning News reports that a mob took the man from the Tupelo jail and lynched him in front of the courthouse.
Reported by: Memphis dispatch in The Morning News (reporters).