Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was one of three people held in the jail at Rockhaven, Mississippi, in August 1874. On the afternoon of Saturday, August 22, 1874, a mob of citizens took them from the jail and hanged them, according to a brief news item published five days later. The killing was carried out by people from outside the jail, who took them from the custody of the jail and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1874 news item reports that citizens took a prisoner from the Rockhaven, Mississippi jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The People (brief news item) (reporters).