Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black woman, whose name the sources do not give, was reportedly taken by a mob from the jail at Shubuta, Mississippi, and hanged from a bridge over the Chickasawhay River. The Monroe Journal reported in December 1918, citing information received in Mobile, Alabama, that she was one of four Black people killed this way, all hanged from the girders of the same bridge.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Information received in Mobile says a mob took her from the Shubuta, Mississippi jail and hanged her from a bridge girder.
Reported by: information received in Mobile (unnamed reports) (reporters).