Died in custody
Name not reported
Two Black men were being moved from Birmingham to Mobile, Alabama, in the custody of Sheriff Powers in October 1906. An Associated Press report datelined Mobile, published October 12, 1906, says about 200 masked men met the sheriff about three miles north of Mobile at Richardson Switch and took the two men from him. The report says the men were then handed over to the mob on the spot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press report datelined Mobile (reporters).