Charlie Davis
Charlie Davis was being held at the De Kalb County courthouse in Smithville, Tennessee, in August 1901. On August 2, a mob of about twenty-five men came into the courtroom during a hearing and overpowered the sheriff and deputies, who were trying to stop them. The sheriff, a deputy, a constable and Davis's father were wounded in the struggle. The mob took him from the courthouse and hanged him about a quarter mile from town, according to The San Francisco Call and The Caucasian.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Newspaper accounts say a mob of about twenty-five men overpowered the sheriff and deputies in the Smithville courtroom, wounded them, and took Davis away to hang him.
Reported by: 1901 newspaper accounts of the Smithville, Tennessee lynching (reporters).