Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed Richardson was taken from the Gadsden jail in Alabama by a small mob and hanged at the river bridge, according to a recollection of earlier hangings in the city printed in The Birmingham Age-Herald on May 4, 1922. The account gives no date for the killing and no details about his first name or family. The jail's response to the mob is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A recollection of earlier hangings in the city says a small mob took a man surnamed Richardson from the Gadsden jail and hanged him at the river bridge.
Reported by: news reports.