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