Name not reported
A Black man, not named in the Farmers Independent, was held in the custody of the sheriff at Duck Hill, Mississippi, in April 1937. According to the paper's editorial, a mob took him from the sheriff and tied him to a stake, where he was slowly tortured to death with blow torch flames. The editorial said he was the second of two men taken this way, and it described the killing as crueler than anything an animal would do. The account reports the mob's actions but does not describe the sheriff's response.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Farmers Independent editorial says a mob took the man from the sheriff, tied him to a stake and tortured him to death with blow torch flames.
Reported by: Farmers Independent editorial (reporters).