Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four Black people held in the jail at Shubutz, Mississippi, were taken from it by an angry mob and strung up to a tree, according to an Associated Press dispatch datelined Mobile and published in December 1918. The dispatch says the sheriff was unable to summon aid as the mob broke into the jail. Two of the four were women, and none of the four is named in the account. The dispatch does not say whether the sheriff resisted the mob or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that an angry mob took four Black people from the Shubutz, Mississippi jail after the sheriff could not summon aid, and strung them up to a tree.
Reported by: The Associated Press (reporters).