Died in custody
Name not reported
One of the Jenkins brothers, a Black man, was among four men taken from a deputy sheriff near Van Cleave and lynched, according to a brief item in the Greene County Herald published in March 1908. The report names only his surname, and it does not say which facility or officers held the men. The deputy's conduct during the mob's seizure of the men is not described in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Greene County Herald (reporters).