Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name was not learned was held in the Charleston, Missouri county jail in July 1910. According to the Montgomery Advertiser's report, a crowd broke down the jail doors with sledgehammers and hanged him in the jail yard. The sheriff and his deputies could not stop the mob. A coroner's jury attributed his death, and that of another man held in the same jail, to parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury attributed the death to parties unknown after a mob broke into the Charleston, Missouri county jail and hanged him in the jail yard.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).