Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five people held in the Wetumpka, Alabama jail 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 item gives no names, ages, or other details about the five. It is not stated whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed the people over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Daily Kentuckian (reporters).