Albert Lawson
Albert Lawson, a Black man, was held in a jail on July 20, 1909, when a mob broke in and took him. A Paducah, Kentucky account says the mob battered down the jail door, hanged him from a mulberry tree, and cut his body down about thirty minutes later, and that earlier that day a mob had been persuaded to let the law take its course. A Paris, Tennessee account published two days later says a masked mob of about 25 men took him from the jail on Tuesday night and hanged him from a tree in the prison yard. The accounts differ on the town and on details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to 1909 newspaper reports, a mob took Albert Lawson from the jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: 1909 newspaper reports (reporters).