Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men held in a jail were taken out by a mob early on Sunday, May 21, 1911, and lynched. According to the report, a group of men presented the jailer with a telegram that was later shown to be bogus, and the men were then taken from the jail and killed. Each of the six was killed after being taken from the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.