Name not reported

A Black man in the custody of a constable was being taken to Montgomery, Alabama, according to a report published in the Nebraska Advertiser in December 1897. The newspaper reports that three men took him from the constable, hustled him to a swamp and shot him to death. Only the newspaper's account is cited here; no official statement about the killing is quoted.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says three men took him from a constable, hustled him to a swamp and shot him to death.

Reported by: newspaper report.

Source

• The Nebraska Advertiser, December 3, 1897, page 2 The Nebraska Advertiser, December 3, 1897