Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a county jail under the jurisdiction of a United States court was taken from the jail by a mob and killed by lynching. The sheriff, who held him, made no effort to protect him from the mob. A federal court later found the sheriff in contempt and sent him to jail for that failure. The killing was reported in the Oxford Democrat in November 1909.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A federal court found the sheriff made no effort to protect the prisoner, and he was sent to jail for contempt.
Reported by: federal court.