Died in custody
Name not reported
A young Black man, whose name is garbled in the Daily Public Ledger's account and cannot be read with confidence, was one of four young men held by officers near Camden, Alabama. On Thursday, October 13, 1892, a posse of citizens and officers was taking the group back to a scene when a crowd of about 600 people met them. According to the paper, the crowd took the men from the officers and hanged them from the nearest tree, and their bodies were then burned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of about 600 took the men from officers and hanged them from a tree, then burned their bodies.
Reported by: news reports.