Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at Weturopka, Alabama, was taken from it by a mob on June 18, 1898, and hanged along with three other people held there, according to a wire report in the Griggs Courier. The mob took them from the jail and killed them by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.