Died in jail or a lockup
Willis Lowe
Willis Lowe, a Black man, was one of three men being taken by officers to the jail at Abbeville, Alabama, in August 1891, according to a Birmingham dispatch printed in the Madison Daily Leader. The dispatch says a mob overpowered the officers, took the three men from them and shot them to death. It says the bodies were thrown into a nearby river.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Birmingham dispatch reported in the Madison Daily Leader says a mob overpowered officers taking Willis Lowe to the Abbeville jail, shot him and threw his body into a nearby river.
Reported by: Birmingham dispatch reported in the Madison Daily Leader (reporters).