Name not reported

A Black person held in the jail in Mobile, Alabama, was taken from it by a mob and killed. Impeachment proceedings filed against Sheriff Frank Cazalas in the Alabama supreme court say he allowed the killing to happen. Whether the sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over is not stated in those proceedings.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Impeachment proceedings filed against Sheriff Frank Cazalas in the Alabama supreme court say the sheriff allowed a mob to take a prisoner from the Mobile jail and lynch him.

Reported by: impeachment proceedings filed in the Supreme Court of Alabama against Sheriff Frank Cazalas (court).

Source

• The Gazette, April 10, 1909, page 2 The Gazette, April 10, 1909