Died in custody
Edmund Pill
Edmund Pill, a Black man, was in the custody of three constables while being taken to jail after a hearing near Selma, Alabama, on August 6, 1904. According to an Associated Press dispatch, a masked mob took him about eight miles from Selma, hanged him from a tree and riddled his body with bullets. The dispatch reports that a sheriff and a posse went to the scene afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).