Died in custody
Charles Young
Charles Young was in the custody of a sheriff's posse near Clanton, Alabama, on March 21, 1914. According to the Birmingham Age-Herald, a mob took him about two miles west of town that evening, hanged him from a tree and riddled his body with bullets. The paper reports that Sheriff Jones contacted the governor and that troops were sent to Clanton, arriving after the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Birmingham Age-Herald special dispatch reports that Charles Young was taken from a sheriff's posse near Clanton, hanged from a tree and shot.
Reported by: Birmingham Age-Herald Clanton special dispatch (reporters).