Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Four young men, aged 18 to 20 and Black, were held in the jail at Mouroeville, Alabama. On October 13, 1892, a group of citizens took them from the jail, carried them to a place near Bell's Landing, and shot them to death, according to a news dispatch published in The Morning Call the next day. The men were held in custody when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that citizens took four young men from the jail at Mouroeville, Alabama, and shot them near Bell's Landing.
Reported by: news dispatch.