Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the county jail was taken from custody by a mob of about 300 men on October 23, 1902, according to The Denison Review. The mob hanged him from a bridge near the home of the woman involved, and his body was then shot. The paper reports that troops ordered from Atlanta arrived about an hour and a half after he had been hanged. Whether jail officers resisted the mob or gave up the prisoner is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.