Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
According to The Star of Pascagoula, a crowd of white and Black citizens took one of three men held in a jail on Thursday night, November 19, 1874. The crowd got the keys from the jailer's house, opened the jail, and carried the men to a live oak on the road. The men were hanged there one at a time, and the first man spoke to the crowd before he was hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Star of Pascagoula reported that a crowd took the men from the jail with keys taken from the jailer's house and hanged them at a live oak.
Reported by: The Star of Pascagoula (reporters).