Ellen Fant
Ellen Fant was a Black woman held in the Carrollton jail in Pickens County, Alabama, one of five people held there that night. On the night of September 14, 1893, a masked mob came to the jail. Newspaper accounts differ on how the mob got in: one said the men overpowered the sheriff and demanded the cell keys, while another said he gave up the keys after the mob showed a number of rifles. The mob fired through the iron bars of the cells, killing Ellen Fant and four others.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob overpowered the sheriff, demanded the cell keys and fired through the bars, killing her, according to a news report datelined Columbus, Miss.
Reported by: news report datelined Columbus, Miss. (reporters).