Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 17, 1898 · Alabama

Five Black men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from the jail by a mob on June 17, 1898, according to a Phillipsburg Herald report published June 23, 1898. The mob took the five men out and hanged them, and their bodies were riddled with bullets. Their names were not recorded in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Phillipsburg Herald, June 23, 1898, page 6 Phillipsburg Herald, June 23, 1898

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