Died in custody
Willis Boyd
Willis Boyd, a Black man, was taken from an officer of the law by an armed mob near Silver City in Yazoo County, Mississippi, and shot to death on March 18, 1899. A dispatch in The Leader, dated March 24 and published March 29, 1899, says his body was weighted and thrown into the Yazoo River. The officer's conduct during the seizure is not recorded in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed mob took Willis Boyd from an officer of the law near Silver City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, and shot him to death.
Reported by: news reports.