Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A man held at the Mobile jail was taken from his cell in January 1909 by a small mob that broke into the building. The mob hanged him from a tree on one of the city's main streets. The Montgomery Advertiser reported the killing as a defiance of the law in Alabama.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.