Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four Black people were being held in the jail at Shubutz, Mississippi, when an angry mob broke in, took them out and strung them up to a tree, according to an Associated Press dispatch published in December 1918. Two of the four were women; the report gives no names for any of them. The sheriff, the dispatch says, was unable to summon aid in time to stop the mob. The date and details come from this single wire report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that an angry mob broke into the jail at Shubutz, Mississippi, took the prisoners and strung them up to a tree.
Reported by: The Associated Press (reporters).