Died in jail or a lockup
Riley Gulley
Riley Gulley, a 23-year-old Black man, was held in the Pine Apple jail in Alabama when a large crowd of angry citizens took him from the jail on September 18, 1893. According to the Delaware Gazette and State Journal, the crowd strung him up in the jail yard and riddled his body with bullets. The paper reported that the Black community was greatly incensed and that trouble was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.