Died in custody

Name not reported

died March 5, 1905 · Mississippi

A Black man held by a deputy at the Elisabeth station in Mississippi was taken from the deputy by a group of masked men on or about March 5, 1905, and hanged, according to a brief report in The Dakota Chief published four days later. The report gives the cause as hanging by a masked group and treats the killing as homicide, but it does not name him or say how the deputy responded. The account of how he was taken comes only from this single short report.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Dakota Chief, March 9, 1905, page 2 The Dakota Chief, March 9, 1905

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