Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in an Alabama jail was taken from it by a mob and lynched on the night of Monday, October 20, 1884, according to a brief in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. The killing was reported in that paper on October 22, 1884. The account names the jail as the place he was held before the mob took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from an Alabama jail and lynched him, according to a brief in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union.
Reported by: Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).