Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name was not reported, was held in the jail at Gordo, Alabama, when a mob took him out and hanged him, according to a news dispatch from Columbus, Mississippi, printed by The Savannah Morning News on July 10, 1904. The dispatch gives no name or age for him. It also gives no exact date for the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news dispatch from Columbus, Mississippi (reporters).