Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in a jail in Illinois in June 1903 when a mob broke in, took him from the building and hanged him from a telegraph pole. Police had gathered at the jail because they feared violence, but the mob forced its way in anyway. The Brunswick Daily News reported that the mob beat his body after he was hanged and then burned it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.