Died in custody
Name not reported
A young Black man, whose name is not recorded, was in the custody of officers of the law near the village of Santa Fe, Illinois, according to a list of racial violence compiled by the Memphis Commercial-Appeal and reprinted in the Lafayette Gazette. The list dates the killing to April 26, 1903, and says a mob of farmers took him from the officers and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Memphis Commercial-Appeal list, reprinted in the Lafayette Gazette (reporters).