Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Four Black men were being held in the jail at Wetumpka, Alabama, when a mob broke open the jail doors on the night of June 16, 1898. The mob took the four men from the jail and killed them. Troops arrived too late to stop the mob, according to the report. The men were later found lynched at a point several miles from Wetumpka, and their names are not legible in the surviving text.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper report (OCR text) (reporters).