Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, not named in the account, was taken from the jail at Crawford, Mississippi, by a mob, who hanged him from a tree alongside another man, according to the Connecticut Western News in January 1886. The man was held at the jail when the mob took him. Whether the sheriff or jailer resisted or gave up the keys is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Connecticut Western News (reporters).