Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name the newspaper did not learn was held in the Charleston, Missouri county jail in July 1910. According to a coroner's jury, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a railroad crossing sign before a crowd of nearly 5,000 people. The mob had threatened to burn the Black section of Charleston, and the account says cooler heads prevented it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury ruled the death a mob lynching after a crowd took the man from the Charleston, Missouri county jail.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).