Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In May 1922, three Black men held in a jail were taken from it by a mob that broke into the building. The mob tied them to a cultivator in a public square and burned them to death in front of a crowd. They were killed while in custody, and the jail's protection of them failed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.