Died in jail or a lockup
Ellen Fautal
Ellen Fautal was a Black woman held in the Carrollton jail in Pickens County, Alabama, on September 14, 1893. According to the Pawtucket Tribune, a masked mob forced the sheriff at gunpoint to open the jail that Thursday night and shot five prisoners, Ellen Fautal among them, to death through the cell bars. The sheriff was reported to have been compelled to hand over the keys. A preliminary investigation into the killings had not been concluded when the account was published.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob forced the sheriff at gunpoint to open the Carrollton jail and shot her through the cell bars, according to the account in the source article.
Reported by: news reports.