Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 3, 1887 · Charlestown, Mississippi

Three Black men held in the jail at Charlestown, Mississippi, were taken from the building by a mob of about 75 masked men on Saturday night, December 3, 1887, according to a Vermont Phoenix report published December 9. The paper reported that the mob shot all three to death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Vermont Phoenix reported that a mob of about 75 masked men took him from the jail at Charlestown, Miss., and shot him to death.

Reported by: Vermont Phoenix (reporters).

Source

Vermont Phœnix, December 9, 1887, page 2 Vermont Phœnix, December 9, 1887

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