Died in jail or a lockup
John Johnson
John Johnson was held in the jail at Amite, Alabama. On the night of January 19, 1897, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. A brief wire report in The Kanabec County Times, published January 22, 1897, gave this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief wire report says a mob took John Johnson from the Amite, Alabama jail and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.