Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an Associated Press dispatch published in the Evening Public Ledger on April 27, 1921, a man was killed on April 26, 1921, at the Fairfield jail in Alabama. The dispatch says he was one of five men who came to the jail at night in an effort to free another prisoner held there. Officers guarding the jail killed him, and the report says one officer was wounded in the leg.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. An Associated Press dispatch says officers guarding the Fairfield jail killed one of the men.
Reported by: Birmingham dispatch (Associated Press) (reporters).