Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a telegraph report printed by the Knoxville Daily Chronicle on January 6, 1871, a band of disguised men took an unnamed man from the jail at Bluntsville, Alabama, and killed him. The report is the only account in the sources, and it gives no name or age for him. The jail was where he was held when the men took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Knoxville Daily Chronicle, quoting a telegraph report (reporters).