Died in jail or a lockup
Camp Reese
Camp Reese was one of four men held in the Wetumpka jail in Alabama who were taken from the jail by a mob on the night of Thursday, June 16, 1898. According to a telephone report from Wetumpka published in The Richmond Climax, the mob hanged him and the other three the next morning, about ten miles from the town. Troops sent from Montgomery were unable to locate the men because the country was hilly and wooded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telephone report from Wetumpka says a mob hanged Camp Reese after taking him from the Wetumpka jail, and the article does not say whether jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.
Reported by: telephone report from Wetumpka (reporters).