Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
He was one of ten Black men held in a county jail. A large party of Ku Klux Klan members took the men from the jail at night and shot them to death. The Morning Republican reported that the mob's stated reason was fear that other Black men would rescue the prisoners. The paper described the killings as a deliberate act of terror.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.