Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the custody of guards in Kemper County, Mississippi, when a group of men took him from them and shot him to death on May 15, 1915, according to a brief wire report published in The Hattiesburg News. The men carried him a short distance and left his body on a small bridge until authorities took charge of it. The killing is recorded as the work of a group that seized him from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: brief wire report.