Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men held in the jail near Purvis, Mississippi, were in its custody after a train wreck that killed the engineer and fireman. A band of about fifty railroad employees took the three men from the jail and hanged them from trees. The men died at the hands of that group after the state had placed them in the jail's custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A band of about fifty railroad employees took three men from the jail near Purvis, Miss., and hanged them from trees.
Reported by: historical newspaper report.