Died in custody
Name not reported
According to testimony from Mr. Forney, a lawyer from northeastern Alabama, five Black men held in the custody of the sheriff were taken by disguised men and killed. He gave his account to a congressional committee investigating the Ku Klux Klan. The testimony gives no names, date, or county for the men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A lawyer, Mr. Forney, testified to a congressional committee that disguised men took five Black men from the sheriff's custody and killed them.
Reported by: Mr. Forney, a lawyer testifying to the congressional committee (family or their lawyers).