Died in jail or a lockup
Charley Everett
Charley Everett, a Black man, was held in the jail at Manchester, Tennessee, in May 1892. According to the Daily Public Ledger, a mob stormed the jail on the morning of Thursday, May 19, took him out, and hanged him from a railroad trestle. The paper said the mob had been agitated for two days and that men from Tullahoma tried to reach Manchester by engine before driving overland.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.