Died in jail or a lockup
W. L. Foote
W. L. Foote was one of the people held in the Yazoo City jail on the evening of December 29, 1883. According to a Yazoo City report reprinted in the Daily Dispatch, a crowd of about two hundred men came to the jail that evening and demanded entry. The mob shot Foote dead in his cell.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Yazoo City report sent to the Herald says a crowd of about two hundred armed men came to the jail demanding entry and shot him dead in his cell.
Reported by: Yazoo City special to the Herald, reprinted in the Daily Dispatch (reporters).