Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to records compiled at Tuskegee Institute and reported by The Guardian in January 1944, a Black man was taken from a jail by a mob of farmers in 1943 and shot to death. The account says he was shot as he tried to escape from a farmhouse. The man's name, age, and the county and state where this happened are not given in the sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Tuskegee Institute records, as reported in The Guardian, say a mob of farmers took a man from a jail and shot him to death in 1943.
Reported by: Tuskegee Institute records, as reported in The Guardian.