Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Rockhaven, Mississippi, was one of three prisoners there when citizens took him out and hanged him on the afternoon of Saturday, August 22, 1874, according to a brief item in The People. The item attributes his death to a group of citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1874 newspaper item reports that citizens hanged one of three people held in the Rockhaven, Mississippi jail.
Reported by: The People (brief news item) (reporters).