Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob broke into the jail in New Madrid, Missouri, on the night of May 30, 1910, took a Black man who was being held there, and lynched him on the bank of the Mississippi River. The man was not named; a label reading 'An Unknown' was pinned to his body. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by unknown hands.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the New Madrid, Missouri jail, took a man held there and lynched him on the Mississippi River bank; a coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by unknown hands.
Reported by: coroner's jury (court).