Died in jail or a lockup
Eliza Lowe
Eliza Lowe, a Black person, was being taken by officers to the jail at Abbeville, Alabama, in August 1891, according to a Birmingham dispatch reported in the Madison Daily Leader. The dispatch says a mob overpowered the officers, took Eliza and two other Black people from them, and shot them to death. It says the bodies were thrown into a nearby river.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Birmingham dispatch in the Madison Daily Leader says a mob overpowered officers taking Eliza Lowe to the Abbeville jail, then shot her to death.
Reported by: Birmingham dispatch in the Madison Daily Leader (reporters).