Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four Black people held in the jail at Shubutz, Mississippi, in December 1918 were taken from it by an angry mob and strung up to a tree, according to an Associated Press dispatch datelined Mobile. It says the mob broke into the jail after the sheriff was unable to summon aid. The sources report that they were killed by the mob, not by any sentence of the court.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that an angry mob broke into the Shubutz, Mississippi jail after the sheriff could not summon aid and hanged four Black people held there.
Reported by: The Associated Press (reporters).