Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This person was one of four people held in the Monroeville, Alabama jail who were taken out by a mob and killed. The mob hanged the four from a tree and then shot their bodies. Among those killed were a father and son named Jones, and this person is unnamed in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.