Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a newspaper item published December 27, 1918, this person was one of four Black people held in the jail at Shuhuta, Mississippi, whom a mob took from the jail and lynched. Two of the four were women. The item gives no name, age, or other details about this person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.