Burke

Burke, a Black man, was held in the jail at Annistown, Alabama. According to an Annistown newspaper report reprinted by the New York Dispatch in August 1884, a mob took him from the jail and killed him, shooting him and hanging him from a tree. The report says his body was cut down the next day. The report says the governor would investigate the events.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A paper in Annistown, as reprinted by the New York Dispatch, reports that a mob took Burke from the jail, shot and hanged him.

Reported by: a paper in Annistown, as reprinted by the New York Dispatch (reporters).

Source

• New York Dispatch, August 3, 1884, page 4 New York Dispatch, August 3, 1884