Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 1, 1920 · Crawford County, Kansas

A Black man was being held at the jail in Mulberry, Kansas, in April 1920 when a mob broke in. The mob seized him from the jail and hanged him from a telephone pole, according to a news report of the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news report.

News report