Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Phillips
Henry Phillips was held in the jail at Union Springs, Alabama, in April 1911. A mob of about two hundred men stormed the jail and took him out, carrying the sheriff along as a prisoner so the sheriff could not raise a posse. Before reaching Goshen, the mob hanged Henry from a tree by the roadside and shot him many times. No other details of his life or of how the jail was guarded have been found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.