Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Mississippi

Two Black people were held in a jail near Crawford, Mississippi, and their names were not given in the report. The Narragansett Herald reported in January 1886 that a crowd took them from the jail and hanged them to a tree. The killing of both people by the mob is the only account of their deaths in the report.

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

Reported by: Narragansett Herald news summary (reporters).

Source

Narragansett Herald, January 9, 1886, page 4 Narragansett Herald, January 9, 1886

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