Died in custody
Name not reported
The Yorkville Enquirer reported that this Black woman was one of five Black people, three of them women, being taken under guard toward a jail near Butler Springs, Alabama, in April 1895. A mob of 100 or more men overtook the party on the road and hanged all the prisoners from neighboring trees. The newspaper account does not name her, and the reporting as quoted does not say whether the guards resisted, gave up the keys or handed the group over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Yorkville Enquirer reports that a mob of 100 or more men overtook the guarded party on the road to jail and hanged the prisoners from trees.
Reported by: Yorkville Enquirer (reporters).