Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man named Brooks was taken from the jail at Sardis, Mississippi, by a mob of several hundred people between midnight and dawn on June 11, 1899, and lynched. The mob took him from the jail, where he was held. The 1899 newspaper report is the only account and does not describe how jail staff responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.