Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five people held in the jail at Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from the jail by a mob of about 150 and lynched, according to a brief item in the Daily Kentuckian published June 18, 1898. The mob was reported to number about 150 people. The account identifies the five only as people held at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Daily Kentuckian (reporters).