Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four Black people were held in a jail in Mississippi when a mob took them from the jail and lynched them, according to a short wire item in The Columbus Courier published December 27, 1918. They were in the custody of that jail when the mob reached them. The killings are recorded in this account as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: short wire item on the page.