Died in jail or a lockup
Bob Clark
Bob Clark, a Black man, was held in the Bristol, Tennessee jail on June 13, 1891, when a large crowd gathered outside. According to the Morning Call, prominent citizens urged the crowd to disperse and leave the matter to the law, but they were shouted down. A man obtained an ax, the jail door was broken open, and a mob dragged Clark out and took him about a mile to Lindseys Grove. There the mob hanged him from a tree limb.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd broke open the Bristol jail, dragged Bob Clark out and hanged him from a tree limb at Lindseys Grove, according to a Morning Call newspaper report.
Reported by: Morning Call newspaper report (reporters).