Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died October 11, 1915 · Clarksville, Mississippi

A Black man held in the Clarksville, Mississippi jail was taken from the jail by a masked mob and lynched early one morning in October 1915, according to a news report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a masked mob took him from the Clarksville, Mississippi jail and lynched him.

Reported by: news report.

Source

The Watchman And Southron, October 13, 1915, page 4 The Watchman And Southron, October 13, 1915

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