Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On February 8, 1892, two Black men were being taken to the jail in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, when a masked, armed group seized them from the guards escorting them. According to a Birmingham dispatch published in The Morning News, the group hanged both men from a tree near Romulus. Their bodies were left hanging until the following day.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Birmingham, Ala. dispatch published in The Morning News (reporters).