Died in jail or a lockup
Mose
Mose was held in the custody of the sheriff in Henry County before the Civil War. In a letter to the editor printed in the Montgomery Advertiser in 1903, Wm. C. Oates wrote that a mob took Mose from the sheriff and burned him at the stake. The death is recorded in that letter, and Oates is the source for the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Wm. C. Oates, in a letter to the editor reprinted in the Montgomery Advertiser, says a mob took Mose from the sheriff in Henry County and burned him at the stake.
Reported by: Wm. C. Oates, letter to the editor reprinted in the Montgomery Advertiser (reporters).