Ed Guyton

Ed Guyton, a Black man, was one of five people held in the Carrollton jail in Pickens County, Alabama, in September 1893, while their cases were still pending. Newspaper accounts report that on the night of September 14, 1893, a masked mob overpowered the sheriff, forced him to hand over the cell keys, and fired through the bars, killing Guyton and four others. One report says the sheriff gave up the keys after the mob showed a number of rifles. The accounts differ on how the mob entered the jail, and the date of death appears in some reports but not others.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news report datelined Columbus, Miss. (reporters).

News reports (4)

• The Morning News, September 16, 1893, page 1 The Morning News, September 16, 1893
• Shenandoah Herald, September 22, 1893, page 1 Shenandoah Herald, September 22, 1893
• The Grenada Sentinel, September 23, 1893, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, September 23, 1893
• The Osceola Times, September 23, 1893, page 2 The Osceola Times, September 23, 1893