Name not reported
A Black man held at the Houston jail in Mississippi was taken from the jail by a mob on February 8, 1913, according to a special dispatch printed in The Times Dispatch. The dispatch says the mob tied him to an iron post in the courthouse yard, poured hot tar on him, set him on fire and shot him, and that the sheriff was locked in a cell and could not resist. Governor Brewer of Mississippi ordered an investigation, and the paper reported that arrests would be made.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Governor Brewer of Mississippi ordered an investigation after a mob took the man from the Houston jail, tied him to an iron post, poured hot tar on him, set him on fire and shot him.
Reported by: Governor Brewer of Mississippi; special dispatch to the newspaper.