Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Daily Kentuckian of June 18, 1898, five people held in the jail at Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from the jail by a mob of about 150 people. The mob lynched all five. The five are not identified by name in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Daily Kentuckian (reporters).