Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at Springfield, Ohio, was taken out by a mob and shot to death in March 1904, during race disturbances in the city, according to a news report. The paper said state militia were called to hold the disturbances in check and that a race war seemed imminent. The person's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news report.