Died in jail or a lockup
Doc Davis
According to a newspaper dispatch from Memphis, Tennessee, printed in the Indianapolis Journal, Doc Davis was being taken by a deputy toward the Decatur jail when a mob seized him from the deputy and killed him on the night of July 17, 1892. The dispatch describes Davis as Black. Its account of the killing is the only source reported here, and the sources given do not describe the mob's actions or the deputy's response.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis newspaper dispatch says a mob seized Doc Davis from a deputy and killed him.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch from Memphis, Tenn. (reporters).