Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not known, was taken from a jail by a mob and lynched, according to a short news cable datelined Carruthersville, Missouri, published in The Hawaiian Star on October 12, 1911. He was the second of two men the cable says were taken from custody and killed that month. The cable does not name the jail or say whether the sheriff or jailer resisted, gave up the keys or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news cable report.