Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Kemper County jail in Mississippi was killed on the night of Monday, June 4, 1883. According to the Daily Los Angeles Herald, which reported the death on June 10, 1883, four men entered the jail yard and killed him through the bars. He was held at the jail when a mob reached him and took his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A band of four men entered the Kemper County jail yard and killed the man through the bars, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.