Fayette Deloney
Fayette Deloney, Ed Felton and Emmet Deloney, three Black men, were held in the jail at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in April 1894. On April 21, a group of masked men took them from the jail while the sheriff was away at a Masonic banquet; the Grenada Sentinel put the number at about thirty, and other papers said about sixty. The Iuka Reporter said the sheriff's son, left in charge of the jail, could not stop the mob before the men were taken. The men were hanged from a covered bridge over Spring Creek and their bodies were shot repeatedly, with one account saying each had about fifty bullet wounds.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (neglect alleged). The Appeal Avalanche says the sheriff and deputies were away at a banquet and the sheriff's son, left in charge, could not stop the mob before the prisoners were taken.
Reported by: Appeal Avalanche (reporters); Macon Beacon (reporters).