Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
Two Black men held in the Selma jail in Selma, Alabama, were taken from the jail by a mob on Friday, April 14, 1882, and hanged, according to the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal of April 18, 1882. The paper reports that the mob seized the men from the jail and killed them. The men were killed while in the custody of the Selma jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.