Died in jail or a lockup
Isadora Motley
Isadora Motley, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Selma, Alabama, by masked men and lynched, according to a brief item in The Penn'S Grove Record published August 7, 1896. The same item names Billy Hunter as having been taken and lynched with Motley. A separate report in the Delaware Gazette And State Journal, published August 6, 1896, describes two men taken from a constable by masked men near Selma and hanged at a bridge.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news item says masked men took Isadora Motley and Billy Hunter from the Selma jail and lynched them.
Reported by: news reports.