Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not recorded, was held in the Brook Haven jail in Mississippi in August 1874 when a crowd of about one thousand citizens took him out and hanged him, according to a short dispatch from Brook Haven published in the Charlotte Democrat on August 31, 1874. He was one of three Black men held at the jail at the time. The dispatch is dated August 24, 1874, and the crowd's killing of him is reported as the only account available.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Charlotte Democrat, citing a Brook Haven, Miss. dispatch, reports a crowd of about one thousand citizens took a Black man from the Brook Haven jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Charlotte Democrat, citing a Brook Haven, Miss. dispatch (reporters).