Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held under arrest in Pike County, Mississippi, was taken from officers by a mob and lynched near China Grove, according to a report in The Brookhaven Leader in September 1890. The report places the killing a short time before it was published.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Brookhaven Leader reports that a man held under arrest was taken from officers and lynched near China Grove in Pike County.
Reported by: The Brookhaven Leader (reporters).