Died in jail or a lockup
Wesley Posey
Wesley Posey, a Black man, died while held in the jail at Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, on the night of July 12, 1885. A dispatch published in the Memphis Daily Appeal on July 14 attributed his death to malarial fever. His death came at the end of a legal matter that had drawn wide attention in Jefferson County.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A Memphis Daily Appeal dispatch reported that he died of malarial fever in the Birmingham jail.
Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters).