Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed Curtis was held in the Choctaw County jail near Butler, Alabama, in December 1912. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, the sheriff and deputies were away making other arrests when a mob of about 200 people broke into the jail, took him out and hanged him. The article reports no one at the jail stopping the mob. The governor's office ordered an inquiry into the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.