Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Scoba, near Meridian, Mississippi, died on July 18, 1924, when about 85 men took him from the jail. The mob hanged him from a tree limb and riddled his body with bullets. His name cannot be read in the surviving newspaper text.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.