Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four young Black men were held in an Alabama jail in October 1892. A newspaper dispatch datelined Montgomery, Ala., says a group of citizens took the four men from the jail. According to the dispatch, the men were then 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. A newspaper dispatch datelined Montgomery, Alabama, reports that a group of citizens took the men from the jail and shot them.
Reported by: unnamed newspaper dispatch datelined Montgomery, Ala. (reporters).