Died in custody
Name not reported
Two men who had been arrested were taken from a constable by masked men near Selma, Alabama, and hanged at a bridge, according to a report in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal published in August 1896. The men were held in the constable's custody when the mob seized them. The report gives no names or ages for the men and no date for the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.