Died in custody
Name not reported
Five Black men held in the custody of a sheriff in northeastern Alabama were taken by disguised men and killed, according to testimony from a lawyer, Mr. Forney, to a congressional committee investigating the Ku Klux Klan. Whether the sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed the men over is not stated in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Mr. Forney, a lawyer from northeastern Alabama, 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 a congressional committee.