Name not reported

A Black man was held in the jail at Charlestown, Mississippi, in December 1887. On the night of Saturday, December 3, a mob of about 75 masked men took him and two other men from the jail and shot them to death, according to a Vermont Phoenix report published on December 9. The report attributes the killing to the mob alone, and it does not describe the jailer's response. Nothing else about him is recorded in this account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Vermont Phoenix report from 1887 says 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