Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 17, 1891 · sheriff's posse on train, Mississippi

A Black man held in the custody of a sheriff's posse in Mississippi was taken from the officers on a train during the night of December 17, 1891, and shot to death. The Indianapolis Journal reported the killing on December 19, 1891.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

The Indianapolis Journal, December 19, 1891, page 4 The Indianapolis Journal, December 19, 1891

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