Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Lowndes County jail in Alabama was taken from the jail by a mob of white men, who lynched him. The Birmingham Age-Herald reported the killing as having happened during a governor's first term, without giving his name, the date, or other details of the death. The paper also reported that Sheriff Brinson, answering a letter from the governor, wrote that the governor had mistaken the legal relation between their offices.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.