Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 1898 · Alabama

In June 1898, a mob broke into a jail in Alabama and took a Black man who was being held there. Along with four other Black men taken the same night, he was hanged a few minutes later near the jail. His body was then riddled with bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report