Name not reported

A Black man held in a jail in Alabama was taken out by a group of masked men, who overpowered the deputies guarding the jail, and was killed. A state supreme court ruling, reported in the Evening Times-Republican in January 1910, found that the sheriff had not taken precautions against an unauthorized entry and that his conduct merited his removal from office.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A state supreme court ruling says the sheriff had not taken precautions against an unauthorized entry, and masked men overcame the deputies guarding the Alabama jail and killed a Black man taken from it.

Reported by: state supreme court.

Source

• Evening Times-Republican, January 10, 1910, page 6 Evening Times-Republican, January 10, 1910