Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the Copiah County jail in Mississippi. On the morning of June 24, 1897, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. According to a telegraphic report to the Mississippi adjutant-general, the sheriff had asked for fifty men to guard him, and guards at Crystal Springs reported they could not hold out against the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegraphic report to the Mississippi adjutant-general says a mob took a man from the Copiah County jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Telegraphic report to the Mississippi adjutant-general, Jackson, Miss..