Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a Jackson dispatch printed in the Worcester Daily Spy on March 8, 1871, a man held as a prisoner was killed in the courtroom at Meridian, Mississippi, on March 6, 1871. The dispatch said that a man in the courtroom shot the presiding judge, and that a general melee followed in which the prisoner was killed instantly.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A Jackson dispatch in the Worcester Daily Spy says he was killed instantly in a general melee in the courtroom.
Reported by: Jackson dispatch in the Worcester Daily Spy (reporters).