Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black men, whose names are not given, were taken from the jail at Crawford, Mississippi, by a mob and hanged from a tree, according to a wire-style item in the Connecticut Western News published in January 1886. The men were held at the jail when the mob took them. Neither the men's names nor the date of the killings are given in the item.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Connecticut Western News (reporters).