Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from it by a mob on the morning of Saturday, June 18, 1898. According to the paper, the governor had been asked for troops to defend the jail, but militia sent there arrived too late. The mob took the men to a site near where a killing had occurred, where all five were hanged, and their bodies were riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took five Black men from the jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, and hanged and shot them; militia sent to defend the jail arrived too late.
Reported by: news reports.