Died in jail or a lockup
Claude Neal
Claude Neal, 23, was from Greenwood, Florida. In October 1934 he was held at the jail in Brewton, Alabama, where, according to the Savannah Tribune citing an NAACP account, a mob stormed the jail, took him back to Marianna, Florida, and lynched him. The NAACP asked the federal government to act under the Lindbergh law, and that effort was unsuccessful.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Claude Neal from the Brewton, Alabama jail, where he had been held for safe-keeping, and lynched him in Marianna, Florida, according to the Savannah Tribune citing an NAACP account.
Reported by: Savannah Tribune, citing NAACP account (advocates).