Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, was one of five men a mob took from the jail on Saturday, June 18, 1898, according to a report published five days later in The Dakota Chief. The report says the governor had been asked for troops to defend the jail, and militia sent there arrived too late. The mob took the men to a site near where a killing had occurred, and the report says all five were hanged. It also says their bodies were shot many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took five Black men from a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, hanged them and riddled their bodies with bullets.
Reported by: news reports.