Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, a brother of Jim Packer, was one of four Black men held in the jail near Monroeville, Alabama, when a mob came for them on October 13, 1892. A news dispatch reported that the mob overpowered the sheriff, took the men from the jail, and hanged them from a tree. The dispatch said they were then shot and their remains burned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob overpowered the sheriff, hanged the men from a tree and shot them after taking them from the jail near Monroeville, Alabama.
Reported by: news dispatch.