Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Rockwell county jail in March 1909 was taken out by a crowd that overpowered the jailer, according to a Deseret Evening News account published March 8, 1909. The mob tied him to an iron stake, poured kerosene on him and burned him in the public square in front of about a thousand people. The jailer's role in the crowd's taking of him is described as being overpowered. His name is not recorded in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says a mob overpowered the jailer, took him from the Rockwell county jail, and burned him in the public square.
Reported by: newspaper account of a mob.