Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black man was held in the jail at Gordo, Alabama, in July 1904, according to a short Associated Press dispatch datelined Columbus, Mississippi, published July 10. The dispatch says a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. Neither account names him or describes his life, and it is not stated whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from the jail at Gordo, Alabama, and hanged him, according to a brief 1904 news dispatch.
Reported by: news reports.