Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the jail at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, in April 1885. A mob took him from the jail one evening that month and killed him by lynching. The day of the month is garbled in the newspaper text, so the exact date cannot be read from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.