Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Brook Haven jail in Mississippi was taken out by a crowd of about one thousand citizens and hanged, according to a dispatch dated August 24, 1874, printed in The Charlotte Democrat on August 31 of that year. He was one of three Black men held at the jail at that time. The crowd's hanging of him is the only account of his death that has been found.
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 held man from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Charlotte Democrat, citing a Brook Haven, Miss. dispatch (reporters).