Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in a jail near Belen, Mississippi, when a mob took him from the jail and lynched him on the night of May 23, 1904. The killing is recorded in a short Paducah Sun dispatch published the next day, which attributes the account to that report. The jail's officers' conduct during the mob's actions is not addressed in this account, and the man's family and personal background are not described in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.