Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the custody of the sheriff and his deputies at Cairo, Illinois, in November 1909. According to the Waxahachie Daily Light, the sheriff and deputies tried to keep him from a mob, but the mob overtook the sheriff in the country and took him from the train he had been placed on. The paper reports that the mob hanged, shot and burned him at Cairo.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.