Died in jail or a lockup
Edmund Moll
Edmund Moll was being taken to jail near Selma, Alabama, in August 1904, in the custody of three constables. The Keowee Courier reports that a masked mob of about 300 people, eight miles from Selma, took him from the constables. The mob hanged him from a tree and shot his body many times. The sheriff went to the scene with a posse.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about 300 people took him from three constables while he was being taken to jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body many times.
Reported by: news reports.