Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black men were taken from a Mississippi jail by a mob and lynched a few days before a report published on October 12, 1900, reprinted from the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. According to that account, the men were taken in broad daylight. The Governor of Mississippi announced an investigation into the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal reported that a mob took three Black men from a Mississippi jail and lynched them in broad daylight.
Reported by: Memphis Commercial-Appeal (reporters).