Died in jail or a lockup
Van Haynes
Van Haynes, who was Black, was being held in the jail in Columbia, Mississippi. On June 2, 1917, a mob of about 100 people took Van Haynes from the jail and hanged Van Haynes from a steel bridge. Pratt Hampton, who was taken from the jail at the same time, escaped from a moving automobile, and the Waxahachie Daily Light reported that Hampton was still at large.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.