Name not reported

According to The Iowa Transcript, citing unnamed accounts, a mob took a Black man from the jail in Saline County, Alabama, in July 1859 and hanged him. The same attack, the paper reported, also took a second Black man from the jail, who was hanged. Both deaths were reported from unnamed sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Iowa Transcript reports, from unnamed accounts, that a mob hanged him after taking him from the jail.

Reported by: The Iowa Transcript (reporters).

Source

• The Iowa Transcript, July 28, 1859, page 2 The Iowa Transcript, July 28, 1859