Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Tunica County, Mississippi

According to a short wire report published in The Donaldsonville Chief on October 19, 1907, three Black men from Memphis, Tennessee, were held in the jail at Tunica, Mississippi. An unidentified mob took the three men from custody and lynched them. The men are not named in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report