Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person whose name was not recorded was held in the jail in Columbus, Mississippi, in July 1904. According to an Associated Press dispatch printed in The Daily Palladium on July 9, 1904, a mob took them from the jail and hanged them. The dispatch is the only account of the death cited here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that a mob took the person from the jail in Columbus, Mississippi, and hanged them.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).