Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On January 17, 1911, a mob of several local business and professional men broke into the local jail and took three Black men held there from their cells. The mob hanged the three men from trees within three miles of town. The sheriff found their remains about thirty minutes after they were taken. The men were in the jail's custody when they were seized and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.