Died in custody
Joe Lewis
Joe Lewis, a Black man, was lynched on February 9, 1896, near Sedden, Alabama, according to a report datelined Pell City in The San Francisco Call. The report says a mob of about seventy-five masked men took him from officers and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about seventy-five masked men took Joe Lewis from officers near Sedden, Alabama, and lynched him, according to a report datelined Pell City.
Reported by: news reports.