Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

jail at Charleston, Mo., Mississippi County, Missouri

Two Black men were being held in the jail at Charleston, Missouri. A crowd of about 1,000 men and boys took them from the jail and hanged them to trees. Women and children were among those who watched, according to the report.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report