Died in custody
Name not reported
Two Black men were being held by a sheriff's party on a train near Pritchard's Station in Alabama when it was stopped. According to the account, a masked mob of men from Mobile covered the sheriff with revolvers and took the two men from the train. The mob hanged both men from a tree near the station. The sheriff was held at gunpoint and did not prevent the mob from taking them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.