Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The Columbus Courier reported on December 27, 1918 that a mob took four Black people from a jail in Mississippi and lynched them. All four had been held at that jail when they were taken out and killed. The jail was the place where the state held them, and the mob broke their custody and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: short wire item on this page.