Died in jail or a lockup
Dau Edwards
Dau Edwards, a Black man, was being taken to the jail at Sardis, Alabama, in the custody of a constable and two deputies when a mob of about one hundred men seized him, according to an Associated Press report published June 30, 1893. The report says the mob hanged him from a tree the night before that day. The constable and deputies were on the road with him when he was taken.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that a mob of about one hundred men took Dau Edwards from a constable and two deputies while he was being taken to jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).