Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was being held by a sheriff's posse on a train in Mississippi on December 18, 1891, when a crowd took him from the officers and shot him to death, according to the Pawtucket Tribune, which reported it the next day. The posse was holding him in custody when the crowd seized him. The newspaper did not give his name or any other detail about who he was.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.