Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Hurley
Charles Hurley, a Black man, was being held in the jail in Knoxville, Tennessee, in November 1895. A short dispatch datelined Knoxville on November 21, 1895, reported that about 200 masked men took him from the jail and lynched him by hanging at midnight. The dispatch is a brief wire account, and it is the only source describing his death. No family, friends or other accounts of who he was have been found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.