Name not reported

Five people, described in a June 1898 Martinsburg Herald report as Black, were taken from a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama, and lynched by a mob. The report gives no names or ages for them. The newspaper's account of the earlier accusation against them is not repeated here.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper reported that a mob took five people from a jail near Wetumpka, Alabama and lynched them.

Reported by: the newspaper.

Source

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