Died in custody
Charles Latham
Charles Latham, a Black man, was held at the courthouse in Union City, Tennessee, in March 1885. According to a Nashville dispatch printed in the Caldwell Tribune on April 24, 1885, about one hundred armed men took him from the courthouse guard and hanged him from a tree at the fair grounds. The same dispatch says two other people were hanged with him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville dispatch printed in the Caldwell Tribune says about one hundred armed men took Charles Latham from the courthouse guard at Union City, Tennessee, and hanged him from a tree at the fair grounds.
Reported by: Nashville dispatch as printed in the Caldwell Tribune (reporters).