Died in custody
Albert Gooden
Albert Gooden, 35, was being brought from Memphis to Covington, Tennessee, in the custody of a sheriff when six masked men took him late on August 16, 1937. His body was found the next morning hanging beneath a highway bridge east of Covington, and the newspaper described it as punctured by bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Six masked men took Albert Gooden from the custody of a sheriff while he was being brought to Covington, Tennessee, and his bullet-punctured body was later found hanging beneath a highway bridge.
Reported by: news reports.