Died in jail or a lockup
Major Terrel
Major Terrel was held in a jail in Alabama when, according to a brief item in the Perrysburg Journal of July 24, 1897, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. The article places the killing near Elba, Alabama. The mob's killing of Major Terrel is the event the record documents, and the paper is the only source for it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Perrysburg Journal reports that a mob took Major Terrel from a jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Perrysburg Journal (reporters).