Name not reported

A mob broke into the jail in Yazoo, Mississippi, where this Black man was held, took him and another man out and hanged them in December 1883. The mother of two of the lynched men sent a Catholic priest to plead that the law might take its course, but the appeal had no effect. A coroner's jury found that the men died at the hands of unknown persons.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found the men died at the hands of unknown persons after a mob broke into the Yazoo jail and hanged them.

Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).

Source

• Vermont Phœnix, January 4, 1884, page 2 Vermont Phœnix, January 4, 1884