Alex Bell
Alex Bell, a Black man, was in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Kennard near Montpelier, Tennessee, in October 1892, as the deputy was taking him to jail. According to a Nashville dispatch, a mob of about 100 people seized him from the deputy, hanged him from a limb and shot his body many times. The same dispatch reports that Kennard tried for about fifteen minutes to disperse the crowd before he was overpowered. Other reports describe the hanging as taking place from a tree and place the killing near Troy in Obion County.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 100 people took Alex Bell from a deputy sheriff as the deputy was taking him to jail near Montpelier, Tennessee, then hanged him and shot his body many times.
Reported by: Nashville dispatch news report (reporters).