Died in jail or a lockup
William O'Neill
William O'Neill, a Black man, was being held in the jail in Meridian, Mississippi, according to The Ocala Evening Star. On April 13, 1910, a mob of about 2,000 men took him from the jail, the paper reported, after he had been shot and fatally wounded. The mob hanged him from a tree and then set his body on fire.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched