Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Antonine
Thomas Antonine, a Black man, was being brought to a jail in Alabama by two deputy sheriffs on August 4, 1909, when a mob took him and another man from the officers late at night and killed them, according to The Caucasian's report published the next day. The paper does not say how the mob was able to take the men from the deputies or whether the officers resisted, gave up the men, or handed them over. The account gives no further details of how Thomas Antonine was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.