Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, not named in the report, was one of two men being moved from Birmingham to Mobile in the custody of Sheriff Powers. According to an Associated Press report datelined Mobile, about two hundred masked men met the sheriff about three miles north of Mobile at Richardson Switch and took the prisoners from him. The report says the men were then handed over to the mob on the spot, though its account of what happened to each man is not clear. The mob's treatment of this man is not established.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press report datelined Mobile (reporters).