Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Sheffield, Alabama jail was taken from the jail by a mob on the night of May 25, 1919, and hanged, according to an unsigned item in The Herald published four days later. The item gives no name or age for him. It is attributed to the paper itself and is the only account of his death in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Herald's unsigned item says a mob took him from the Sheffield jail on a Sunday night and hanged him.
Reported by: The Herald (editorial column, unsigned) (reporters).