Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Name not reported
A fourteen-year-old boy, whose name is not known from this account, was held in a Mississippi jail in 1942 when a mob took him from the jail and killed him. The Savannah Tribune, reporting on October 22, 1942, said he was the second boy of the same age killed by a mob in the same incident, the first having been reported the week before. According to the paper, the Justice Department was angry about the lynchings and the attorney general would send investigators.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.