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Died in jail or a lockup

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Love, Mississippi

A man held in the jail at Love, Mississippi, was taken out by a mob and lynched, according to a brief item in the Narragansett Herald published July 18, 1891. The paper reported that he was riddled by 21 bullets. The mob took him from the jail where he was being held and killed him there, and the paper's item gives no other details about the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Narragansett Herald (reporters).

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