Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Springfield, Ohio, was taken from the jail by a mob on a Monday night in March 1904 and shot many times, according to The Philadelphia Record. The Montgomery Advertiser reported the killing as a lynching from a jail, and the Palestine Daily Herald later said armed Black and white residents clashed in the town afterward, prompting the state militia to be called out. The Philadelphia Record's editorial criticized the failure to prevent the killing and asked whether Ohio officials would prosecute those responsible. His name is not recorded in these accounts.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Philadelphia Record editorial says a mob took him from the Springfield, Ohio jail on a Monday night and shot him many times.
Reported by: The Philadelphia Record (reporters).