Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was one of five men held in the jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, when a mob broke in on June 17, 1898. According to the Phillipsburg Herald, the mob took the five men from their cells, hanged them and shot them. The men's names are not given in the report. The newspaper's account of why the men were held repeats an accusation against them, which this memorial does not repeat.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.