Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five unnamed Black men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken on June 17, 1898, by a mob that broke into the jail, according to the Phillipsburg Herald. The mob took the five men to the scene of a killing, hanged them and riddled their bodies with bullets. The men were held on accusations that the paper reported as fact, which are not repeated here. The article gives no names for the men and does not describe the actions of the jailer or sheriff.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.