Died in jail or a lockup
Tobe McGrady
Tobe McGrady, a young Black man, was being taken by a sheriff to the county jail at Troy, Alabama, in October 1895, when a mob stopped the buggy near Perote. According to a news dispatch from Birmingham, the sheriff let him jump out, and the mob shot him to death. The dispatch says he was riddled with bullets by the mob. No account in these sources says whether the sheriff or other officers tried to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch from Birmingham says a mob stopped the sheriff's buggy while he was being taken to the Troy county jail, and shot Tobe McGrady to death after the sheriff let him jump out.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Birmingham, Ala. (reporters).