Died in custody
Win. Jackson
Win. Jackson was a Black man being held in Monroe County, Alabama, by a posse and officers when, on October 13, 1892, a crowd of about 500 people took him and three other young Black men from the officers. According to The Weekly Union Times, the crowd hanged them from a tree. The paper reported that their bodies were then shot and burned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a crowd of about 500 people took him from officers and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: newspaper report.