Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A man and his 15-year-old son were held in the jail at Watampka, Alabama, when a mob took them out and lynched them on August 28, 1899, according to a brief item in The Breckenridge News of August 30. The item gives no names for either of them, so they can be remembered only as a father and his young son. It does not say whether jail officers tried to stop the mob or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.