Harry Hinton
Harry Hinton, a Black man, was held in the Choctaw County jail at Butler, Alabama. According to the Morning News and the Richmond Dispatch, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree on January 17, 1892. The sheriff first said Hinton had died of wounds received at his capture, a statement the papers reported was found to be untrue. The reports describe the mob's killing as the cause of death, with the sheriff's earlier account disputed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). The 1892 newspaper account says a mob took Hinton from the Choctaw County jail and hanged him from a tree, while the sheriff first claimed he died of wounds received at capture, a story the paper says was found to be untrue.
Reported by: Choctaw County sheriff (the agency that held him); news reports.