Died in jail or a lockup
Charlie Griffin
Charlie Griffin, a Black man, was held in the jail at La Fayette, Alabama, together with Bob Young, in August 1882. The Bolivar Bulletin reported that a mob of about forty men broke the two men out of the jail, carried them out of town and hanged them from an oak tree. Both men died in that hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty men took Charlie Griffin and Bob Young from the La Fayette, Alabama jail, carried them out of town and hanged them from an oak tree.
Reported by: historical newspaper account.