Died in jail or a lockup
Bob Young
Bob Young, a Black man, was being held in the jail at La Fayette, Alabama, in August 1882, along with Charlie Griffin. According to The Bolivar Bulletin, a mob of about forty men forced their way out of the jail, carried the two men out of town and hanged them from an oak tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty men took Bob Young from the La Fayette, Alabama jail and hanged him from an oak tree.
Reported by: news reports.