Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in custody when a mob took him from a train at the station. The mob put him into an automobile and carried him away, and his body was later found hanging from a tree. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey's 1921 pamphlet attributes the killing to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey's 1921 pamphlet describes a mob taking a man from a train and hanging him from a tree.
Reported by: Governor Hugh M. Dorsey's 1921 pamphlet.