Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, was taken from his cell on June 17, 1898, when a mob broke into the jail. According to the Barton County Democrat's report of June 23, 1898, the mob hanged him along with four other men near the scene of a crime and then shot him. The man's name is not given, and the report contains no details of his life beyond his time in the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.