Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Montgomery Advertiser in April 1909, a Black man held in a jail in northern Mississippi was taken out by a mob and lynched. The paper reported that officials had promised a special court term to bring him to trial quickly, and that promise held the mob back for a time. The judge then said the request could not be granted, and the man was taken from the jail and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched