Edward Bell
Edward Bell, a Black man, was held in the custody of special constables in Dallas County, Alabama, in August 1904. According to a Selma correspondent for The Montgomery Advertiser, the constables delivered him to a mob, which lynched him about two weeks before the report. Judge Partridge refused bail to the three constables, who were then jailed on charges connected to the case, and several Black witnesses were reported to have offered to tell the solicitor what they saw.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Montgomery Advertiser's Selma correspondent reports that special constables delivered Edward Bell to a mob that lynched him in Dallas County.
Reported by: The Montgomery Advertiser, Selma correspondent (reporters).