Died in jail or a lockup
James Royal
James Royal was held at the Decatur jail in Alabama when, according to The Daily Worker, an armed gang came for him on the night of August 21, 1933. The paper reports that the mob tried to storm the jail after another man held there was moved to Huntsville, and that Royal was shot to death near the place where that man had been arrested. The Daily Worker says local authorities suppressed details of the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Worker reports that an armed mob shot James Royal to death in Decatur, Alabama, after trying to storm the jail.
Reported by: The Daily Worker (reporters).