Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Springfield jail in April 1906 was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged on the public square. At a later hearing, a man identified as the mob leader testified that he took no active part in the lynching. The passage does not say how the sheriff or jailer responded to the seizure.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.