Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name the Pullman Herald did not record, was taken from the sheriff by a mob near Letchatchie, about 25 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama, in early March 1900, according to the paper. The paper reported that the mob hanged him. The account gives no more about the sheriff's part in the events.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.