Name not reported

A Black person was being held in the Huntsville, Alabama jail when, on the night of October 10, 1883, about fifty masked men came to the jail and took them out. The mob hanged them. The death is recorded as a homicide carried out by a mob while the person was in the jail's custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

• The Cleveland Gazette, October 13, 1883, page 3 The Cleveland Gazette, October 13, 1883