Died in jail or a lockup
Jim Howdan
Jim Howdan, a Black man, was held in the Childersburg jail in Alabama. Early in the morning of May 16, 1892, a mob took him from the jail along with two other men and hanged them from the bridge over the Coosa River on the Georgia Central railroad. He was killed by the mob after being taken from the jail that held him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.