Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Six Black men were being held in a jail in 1911. Early on Sunday morning, May 21, a group came to the jailer carrying a telegram that was later shown to be bogus. A mob then took the six men from the jail and killed them. Their names are not known from this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.