Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
He was one of five Black men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, and his name is not recorded. On a Saturday morning in June 1898, a mob took the five men from the jail, and the governor had been asked for troops to defend it, but militia sent there arrived too late. The mob took the men to another site, where all five were hanged and their bodies were riddled with bullets. The cause of death is given as lynching by a mob, with hanging and shooting.
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.