Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Macon Beacon, a Black man was held in the custody of deputy sheriffs in Birmingham, Alabama, when he died on January 15, 1889. A mob took him from the deputies, hanged him from a tree and shot his body the next morning. The mob had taken him from the officers who were guarding him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.