Died in jail or a lockup
Berry Howdan
Berry Howdan, a Black man, was held in the Childersburg jail in Alabama. In the early morning of May 16, 1892, a mob took him from the jail along with two other Black men and hanged them from the bridge over the Coosa River on the Georgia Central railroad. The account is a garbled newspaper report, so the spelling of his name may be wrong.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1892 newspaper account says a mob took Berry Howdan from the Childersburg jail and hanged him from the Coosa river bridge, and does not say whether jail officers resisted or handed him over.
Reported by: 1892 newspaper report (reporters).