Died in custody
Jim Smith
Jim Smith was being held in the custody of local officers in Wetumpka, Alabama, when a mob took him from them and killed him on the morning of January 4, 1915. The Montgomery Advertiser reported the killing as a lynching carried out after the mob seized him from the officers. The governor ordered a special grand jury to investigate, and that inquiry was still underway when the paper published its report on January 12, 1915.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.