Died in custody
Will James
Will James, a Black man, was being taken by an officer toward Clinton, Mississippi, with plans to move him to the jail at Raymond. According to a Southern Associated Press dispatch from Jackson, published in The Morning News in May 1894, the officer kept him overnight in the rear of a store. An armed mob then entered, took him out and hanged him. The report says the lynching surprised people and was strongly condemned by the best citizens.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Southern Associated Press dispatch from Jackson, Miss. (reporters).