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 one of five men a mob took from the jail. The mob hanged him a few minutes later near the same spot and riddled him with bullets. His name is not given in the account.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report