Died in jail or a lockup
Moses Jones
Moses Jones was the son of Burrell Jones, according to a Fisherman & Farmer report from October 1892. He was held in the jail at Monroeville, Alabama, when a mob took him and three other men from it. The report says the mob hanged them from a tree and then shot them. It also says officers tried to move the prisoners away from the jail and ran into a second mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Moses Jones from the Monroeville jail in Alabama, hanged him from a tree and then shot him, according to a news report.
Reported by: news report of the Monroeville lynching (reporters).