Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 1898 · Alabama

A Black man held in an Alabama jail in June 1898 was taken from the jail by a mob, along with four other Black men. He was hanged a few minutes later near the same spot, and then shot repeatedly. The mob killed him in the place where he had been held.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report