Name not reported

According to an 1886 editorial in the Portland Daily Press, a Black man was taken from the jail at Carrolton, Mississippi, by a mob and hanged without a judge or jury. The editorial mentions the killing only in passing, as an example of lawlessness in Mississippi, and gives neither his name nor the date of his death.

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

Reported by: Portland Daily Press editorial (reporters).

Source

• The Portland Daily Press, March 26, 1886, page 2 The Portland Daily Press, March 26, 1886