Name not reported

A 15-year-old boy, held in an Alabama jail with his father, was taken from the jail by a mob and killed by lynching. They also do not say whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.

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

Source

• Northern Wisconsin Advertiser, August 31, 1899, page 2 Northern Wisconsin Advertiser, August 31, 1899