Died in jail or a lockup
E. A. Alen
E. A. Alen was one of four men held in the Pontotoc County jail near Ada, Oklahoma. In the early hours of April 19, 1909, a mob of about 100 men came to the jail, and officers tried to stop them. The mob assaulted a deputy sheriff, broke into the jail when they could not find the keys, and took Alen and three others to a barn behind the building, where they hanged them from the rafters. Their bodies were found at daylight, according to a United Press dispatch.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A United Press dispatch says a mob of about 100 men broke into the Pontotoc County jail, took Alen from custody and hanged him from the rafters of a barn behind the jail.
Reported by: United Press dispatch (reporters).