Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Marengo County jail in Alabama was taken out of the jail by a crowd and shot to death, according to a resolution of the Damp Hardee Camp of United Confederate Veterans in Birmingham, printed in the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic in August 1904. The veterans, who say they were informed of the event, describe his body as riddled with bullets. Neither his name nor the date of his death is given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Damp Hardee Camp of United Confederate Veterans, citing reports it had received, says a man was taken from jail and riddled with bullets by a crowd.
Reported by: Damp Hardee Camp, United Confederate Veterans.