Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Charleston, Mississippi, in December 1887 was taken from his cell by a mob and shot to death. The St. Landry Democrat, which reported the death on January 14, 1888, said he was one of three Black men the mob took from the jail and killed that way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.