Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from it by a mob in June 1898. The mob took them to a spot nearby and hanged all five. The Oxford Eagle reported that their bodies were riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took five prisoners from a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, and hanged them; the report does not say whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: news reports.