Dick Robinson
Dick Robinson, a Black man, was being transported from Birmingham to Mobile while in the custody of a sheriff and a deputy in Mobile County, Alabama, in October 1906. Near Magazine Point, a masked mob took him from the officers and hanged him, a few minutes after another man was hanged by the same group. The sheriff said he was overpowered and could not prevent the seizure. A coroner's jury found that Robinson came to his death at the hands of parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found Robinson died at the hands of parties unknown after a masked mob took him from the sheriff and a deputy near Magazine Point and hanged him.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); the sheriff.