Died in custody
Name not reported
On July 31, 1891, a mob near Gordon in Henry County, Alabama, took four Black people from the officers who were holding them. The mob placed three of them on the bank of a river and shot them, while the fourth escaped by feigning death. The body of one of the women was later recovered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.