Mose Johnson
Moses Johnson, a Black man, was one of four men held in the Monroe County jail at Monroeville, Alabama, when a mob took them out and killed them on October 13, 1892, according to a dispatch from Birmingham published in The Roanoke Times. The dispatch says the mob overpowered the sheriff, hanged the men, shot them, and burned their bodies. The Morning News names him as the brother of Jim Paoker. The Staunton Vindicator reported the lynching from the jail briefly and did not name the men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Birmingham, published in The Roanoke Times, says a mob overpowered the sheriff, took Moses Johnson and three other men from the Monroe County jail at Monroeville, Alabama, and hanged and shot them before burning their bodies.
Reported by: special dispatch from Birmingham, Alabama, published in The Roanoke Times (reporters); special dispatch from Monroeville (reporters); brief report on the jail at Monroeville (reporters).