Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four young Black men were held in an Alabama jail in October 1892. According to a newspaper dispatch datelined Montgomery, Ala., published October 14, 1892, a group of citizens took the four men from the jail, and they were later taken to a point six miles east of the Alabama River and shot to death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An unnamed newspaper dispatch from Montgomery, Ala. says a group of citizens took the men from the jail and shot them to death.
Reported by: unnamed newspaper dispatch datelined Montgomery, Ala. (reporters).