Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Kern County, California

A Black man held in the jail at Mojave, California, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in The Starkville News published March 25, 1904. His name is not given in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report