Name not reported

Three Black men held in the jail at Charlestown, Mississippi, were taken from it by a mob of about 75 masked men on the night of Saturday, December 3, 1887, and shot to death, according to a Vermont Phoenix report. The jail held these men, and the mob took them from its custody and killed them. The Vermont Phoenix published its account of the killings on December 9, 1887.

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 Charlestown, Miss., jail and shot him to death.

Reported by: Vermont Phoenix (reporters).

Source

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