Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

jail at Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama

He was a young Black man and one of four young men held in the jail at Monroeville, Alabama. In October 1892, the Staunton Vindicator reported that the four were taken from the jail and lynched. He is remembered here only by that account, and the name he was known by is not recorded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: brief press report of the lynching.

News report