Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An 18-year-old Black man was being held in a jail near Quitman when, according to the Enterprise Courier, a body of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him. The killing was carried out by the mob, not by the jail that held him. His name and the date of his death are not known from the record.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Enterprise Courier, as reprinted by the Vicksburg Weekly Herald (reporters).