Name not reported
A Black man whose name the sources do not give was held in the Macon County jail in Macon, Missouri, in November 1919, when a mob of about 75 to 80 men, many masked and armed, came for him and three other prisoners. According to the reports, the sheriff handed over the keys after the mob threatened to dynamite the jail. The men were driven to Forest Park in Moberly, where a rope was thrown over a limb; when the limb broke, the man ran and was shot dead, while the other three escaped and two were later recaptured. A special grand jury was sworn on December 18, 1919 to investigate the raid and identify members of the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from the Macon County jail in Missouri after the sheriff handed over the keys under threat of dynamiting the jail, and the mob hanged him and shot him when the rope failed.
Reported by: Macon County Jail reports summarized in a 1919 newspaper account (reporters).