Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 1895

A Black man held in a jail was taken from it by a mob on a Wednesday night in late July 1895, according to the Oxford Eagle. He escaped and reached a house, where the crowd found him. He was killed there in front of a large gathering.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report