Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Four people held at the Shubuta jail in Mississippi were taken from it on the night of December 20, 1918, and hanged from the girders of a bridge, according to an Associated Press dispatch datelined Mobile and printed in the Montgomery Advertiser. The dispatch reported hanging as the cause of death. All four were people in the custody of the Shubuta jail when they were taken from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch reports that a mob took four people from the Shubuta jail on the night of December 20, 1918, and hanged them from a bridge's girders.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).