Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

died March 1900 · Lowndes County, Alabama

According to The Age-Herald of Montgomery, dated March 4, 1900, a mob took him from the custody of the sheriff near Letohatchie in Lowndes County, Alabama, and hanged him in March 1900. It states that the sheriff of Montgomery County was telegraphed for aid, but gives no account of any response.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from the sheriff near Letohatchie in Lowndes County and hanged him, according to a March 1900 newspaper report.

Reported by: Montgomery newspaper report dated March 3, 1900 (reporters).

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