Cornelius Robinson
Cornelius Robinson, a Black man, was in the custody of Sheriff John F. Powers of Mobile, Alabama, and was being brought back from Birmingham, where he had been held for safekeeping. According to a press dispatch from Mobile, about 200 masked men met the sheriff at Richardson switch, north of the city, on October 6, 1906, took Robinson and other prisoners from him, and hanged them on the spot. Before leaving Birmingham, the sheriff had said he feared a mob would take the prisoners.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A press dispatch from Mobile says about 200 masked men took Cornelius Robinson from Sheriff John F. Powers near Richardson switch and hanged him on the spot.
Reported by: press dispatch from Mobile, Ala. (reporters).