Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Brook Haven jail in Mississippi was taken from it by a crowd of about one thousand citizens and hanged, according to a dispatch from Brook Haven dated August 24, 1874, printed in the Charlotte Democrat. He was one of three men held in the jail at the time. The Charlotte Democrat attributed the account to that Brook Haven dispatch.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Charlotte Democrat, citing a Brook Haven, Miss. dispatch, reported that a crowd of about one thousand citizens took one of three Black men from the Brook Haven jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Charlotte Democrat, citing a Brook Haven, Miss. dispatch (reporters).