Died in custody

Name not reported

died January 30, 1913 · Mississippi

An unidentified Black man was being held by a deputy sheriff on a passenger train near Drew, Mississippi, when a mob took him off the train and hanged him from a telegraph pole on January 30, 1913. The report gives no name for him. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the killing on January 31, 1913.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from a deputy sheriff on a passenger train near Drew, Mississippi, and hanged him from a telegraph pole.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Salt Lake Tribune, January 31, 1913, page 8 The Salt Lake Tribune, January 31, 1913

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