Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not recorded was one of five men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, in June 1898. A mob broke into the jail, took him, and hanged him with four others near the scene of a crime, then shot them, according to a report published in the Barton County Democrat on June 23, 1898.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.