Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men held in a jail were taken out by a mob early on a Sunday morning in May 1911 and lynched, according to The Daily Gate City. The account says a group of men presented themselves to the jailer with a telegram that was later shown to be bogus, and the men were then taken from the jail and killed. None of the men is named in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.