Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Huntsville, Alabama, jail was taken from custody and killed by a mob in the week before September 21, 1904, according to a brief report in The Leader. Afterward, a Huntsville grand jury indicted ten prominent citizens as members of the mob, and a Birmingham military company was ordered to the town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Huntsville, Alabama, jail and killed a man held there, according to a brief 1904 newspaper report.
Reported by: news reports.