Name not reported

Five Black people held in a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, were taken from it by a mob in 1898 and killed. Their names, ages and dates of death are not recorded. Whether the sheriff or jailer resisted the mob, or gave up the keys or handed the five people over, is not established.

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

Source

• Martinsburg Herald, June 25, 1898, page 3 Martinsburg Herald, June 25, 1898