Lizzie Low
Lizzie Low, a Black person, was one of four people who, according to a special dispatch from Savannah, Georgia, printed in The State Chronicle on August 6, 1891, were being taken to jail by deputy sheriffs near Crosby, Alabama. The dispatch says a mob took the four from the deputies and that the group was believed to have drowned. The death is dated July 31, 1891. The account comes from this single newspaper report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Savannah dispatch to the State reported that a mob took Lizzie Low and three other Black people from deputy sheriffs near Crosby, Alabama, while they were being taken to jail, and that the group was believed drowned.
Reported by: A special to the State from Savannah, Ga. (reporters).