Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black men were taken from a Mississippi jail by a mob and killed in early October 1900, according to a report reprinted from the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The paper said the men were taken in broad daylight. The Governor of Mississippi announced an investigation into the killings, the paper reported. The report also named no one among the three men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal reported that a mob took the men from a Mississippi jail in broad daylight and lynched them, and the Governor announced an investigation.
Reported by: Memphis Commercial-Appeal (reporters).