Died in custody
Edmund Bali
Edmund Bali, a Black man, died on August 6, 1904, in Selma, Alabama. According to The Evening Bulletin, he had been placed in the charge of three constables, and a mob took him from them and lynched him. The constables were afterward remanded to jail without bail on first-degree murder charges, to await a grand jury. The paper's account does not say whether the constables resisted the mob or gave him up.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.