Name not reported

A man held in an Alabama jail was taken out by a mob and lynched, according to a brief item in The Herald, published February 3, 1888. The scanned page is badly garbled, so his name, age, the town and the exact date cannot be read with confidence. The item describes the mob taking him from the jail and killing him, but it does not say whether jail staff resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Herald (brief news item, OCR text) (reporters).

Source

• The Herald, February 3, 1888, page 2 The Herald, February 3, 1888