Will Jackson
Will Jackson, a Black man from Memphis, was being held in the Tunica jail in Mississippi in October 1907 when a mob took him from the building in the early morning. Reports say three Black men were taken from the jail that morning, and that Jackson's body was found hanging from a telephone pole. The sheriff said he and his deputies did not know when the men were taken and believed the captors used jail keys. A coroner's inquest did not assign responsibility for the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Will Jackson from the Tunica, Mississippi jail and hanged him from a telephone pole; the sheriff said he and his deputies did not know when the men were taken and believed the captors used jail keys.
Reported by: Mobile dispatch citing a special from Tunica, Miss. (reporters); coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); Tunica County sheriff (the agency that held him).