Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Russellville, Alabama, was taken from the jail by a mob and killed, along with another man held there. According to an editorial in the Broad Axe, reprinted in the Huntsville Gazette on April 18, 1891, the officers did not resist the mob. The editorial also says the men were given no chance to defend themselves against the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Broad Axe editorial says a mob took the man from the Russellville, Alabama jail and killed him by lynch law, and that the officers did not resist.
Reported by: Broad Axe (editorial reprinted in the Huntsville Gazette) (reporters).