Walter Mitchell

Walter Mitchell, 33, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, had come north about ten years before his death, and had a wife living in St. Paul. On August 7, 1925, a mob took him from the jail in Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri, and hanged him from a tree. The coroner, H. W. Hill, recorded strangulation as the cause of death and held no inquest. Clay County officials said no investigation of the lynching would be made.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: H. W. Hill, coroner (medical examiner or coroner); Clay County officials (the agency that held him); county prosecutor.

News reports (3)

• San Antonio Light, August 8, 1925, page 3 San Antonio Light, August 8, 1925
• Brownsville Herald, August 8, 1925, page 1 Brownsville Herald, August 8, 1925
• The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel, August 9, 1925, page 1 The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel, August 9, 1925