Avery
Avery was being held in the town calaboose at Cordova, Alabama, in August 1904. According to the Montgomery Advertiser and the Savannah Morning News, a mob broke through the doors of the small jail and took him out. The Advertiser reports that the doors were battered down after a few minutes. The papers say the mob beat him with bricks or stones and shot him to death. Officials feared more violence in the town, and the governor asked the sheriff to be ready to call out the military if needed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob battered down the Cordova town calaboose doors, took Avery out and beat him with brick bats and shot him, according to the Montgomery Advertiser's Jasper correspondent.
Reported by: The Montgomery Advertiser, Jasper special correspondent (reporters).