H. T. Archer

H. T. Archer was one of five Black people held in the Carrollton jail in Pickens County, Alabama. On Thursday night, September 14, 1893, a masked mob took the prisoners from the jail and shot them to death through the cell bars. The sheriff opened the jail only after the mob forced him at gunpoint to do so. The Pawtucket Tribune reported that a preliminary investigation into the killings had not been concluded.

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 him through the cell bars, according to the newspaper account.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Pawtucket Tribune, September 16, 1893, page 1 Pawtucket Tribune, September 16, 1893