Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a lockup in Thomaston, Alabama, in 1904 was taken from custody by a mob and killed. The Birmingham Age-Herald, in an editorial, said his body was riddled with bullets and that he had harmed no one and taken no property. The editorial does not name him, and it does not say whether the officers holding him resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Birmingham Age-Herald editorial says a mob killed him and riddled his body with bullets, and it says he had harmed no one and taken no property.
Reported by: Birmingham Age-Herald editorial (reporters).