Died in custody
Name not reported
Testimony from Mr. Forney, a lawyer from northeastern Alabama, told a congressional committee investigating the Ku Klux Klan that disguised men took a Black man from the custody of the sheriff and killed him. The account, reported in the New National Era in July 1871, gives no name, date, or county for the man. Mr. Forney's testimony is the only source for the killing, and it is not corroborated in the article.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Mr. Forney, a lawyer testifying to a congressional committee, said 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).