Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the jail at Wetumpka, Alabama, when a mob took him from the jail late on Sunday night, September 9, 1900, and hanged him. A brief wire item in the Richmond Dispatch, published September 11, 1900, reported the killing. The item is the only source given for the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Richmond Dispatch (reporters).