Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man named Patrick was held in the jail at Mobile, Alabama. According to a brief 1899 item in the Shiner Gazette, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The account gives no other details about him, the date, or how the jail staff or sheriff responded, so his full name and the circumstances remain unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.