Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

Jackson County, Mississippi

One of the Jenkins brothers was among four Black men who, according to a March 1908 Oxford Eagle report, were in the custody of a deputy sheriff near Vancleave, Mississippi. The paper said a mob took the men from the deputy and lynched them.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report