Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail in Springfield was taken from custody by a mob of about one thousand men, according to a March 1904 Mount Vernon Signal editorial. The paper said they hanged him from a telegraph pole and shot him many times. The editorial tied the mob action to the death of a policeman in Springfield. The account gives no name for the man and does not say how jail staff acted when the mob came.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Mount Vernon Signal editorial says a mob of about one thousand men hanged the man from a telegraph pole and shot him many times.
Reported by: Mount Vernon Signal editorial (reporters).