Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five people held at the jail in Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from it by a mob of about 150, according to a brief item in the Daily Kentuckian published June 18, 1898. The mob lynched all five. They had been held in the jail when the mob came for them. Their names are not recorded in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Daily Kentuckian (reporters).