Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was reportedly taken from a Mississippi jail by a mob of white men and killed, according to a 1959 editorial reprinted in the Arkansas State Press. The editorial gives neither his name, the date, nor the name of the jail. The piece cites the killing in arguing for federal civil rights laws, and the account is not confirmed elsewhere in the material reviewed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Amsterdam News editorial, reprinted in the Arkansas State Press, says a Black man was presumably lynched by a white mob that took him from a Mississippi jail.
Reported by: Amsterdam News editorial, reprinted in Arkansas State Press (reporters).