Died in custody
Name not reported
On August 19, 1935, a mob in Mississippi took two Black farmers from the custody of a sheriff and hanged them, according to an editorial from the New Bedford Mercury reprinted in The Omaha Guide on August 24, 1935. The editorial does not give the men's names, ages or the name of the jail where they were held. It also does not say whether the sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New Bedford Mercury editorial, reprinted in The Omaha Guide, says a mob hanged him while a sheriff in Mississippi held him.
Reported by: New Bedford Mercury editorial (reprinted in The Omaha Guide).