Name not reported
A Black man was one of five men held in the jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, when a mob took them from custody on June 18, 1898. The sheriff had warned Governor Johnson that a mob was assembling and asked for troops, but the militia sent by train had not reached Wetumpka when the mob seized the prisoners. The men were taken out and hanged, and their bodies were shot repeatedly. The Phillipsburg Herald reported the killings on June 23, 1898.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took five men held in custody near Wetumpka, Alabama, and lynched them, with the sheriff having warned the governor beforehand and asked for troops that had not arrived.
Reported by: Wetumpka sheriff (the agency that held him); Governor Johnson's militia.