Name not reported

A Black man who performed with a minstrel troupe was held in jail with the other performers after a shooting broke out during one of their shows. According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch dispatch dated February 17, 1902, reprinted in the Yorkville Enquirer, he was lynched by a mob once his name was identified during a preliminary examination. The jail held him at the time, and the dispatch places the killing in that custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as reprinted in the Yorkville Enquirer, reports that a mob lynched a Black man held in jail after a shooting at a minstrel show.

Reported by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (reporters).

Source

• Yorkville Enquirer, February 22, 1902, page 2 Yorkville Enquirer, February 22, 1902