Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob took four Black people, two sisters and two brothers, from the jail at Shubuta at night and hanged them from a bridge over the Chickasawhay River. A 1918 dispatch in The Robesonian reports that the jailer was called out into the street and handcuffed by a member of the mob. The four had been held at the jail when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took four Black people, two sisters and two brothers, from the Shubuta jail at night and hanged them from a bridge over the Chickasawhay river, according to a dispatch that says the jailer was called into the street and handcuffed by a member of the mob.
Reported by: news dispatch.