Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was taken from his cell by a mob and lynched. The deputy sheriff in command was charged with complicity; he said he had been threatened with firearms and did not resist. A local jury acquitted him and two other white men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.