Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black men held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken by a mob and killed, according to a short item in the Gloucester County Democrat of June 23, 1898. A mob took the men from the jail where they were being held and killed them. Their deaths occurred while they were in the custody of that jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short newspaper item reports that a mob took five men from a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, and lynched them.
Reported by: newspaper item (historical news report) (reporters).