Drummond

Drummond was a miner at Coal Creek, Tennessee. Drummond had been held under arrest before soldiers took Drummond and hanged Drummond from a trestle, according to a Knoxville dispatch printed in the Record-Union in August 1893. The dispatch said the mining region was unsettled and that more trouble was expected. Drummond's death is the only account the paper gave of the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Knoxville dispatch in the Record-Union reports that soldiers took Drummond from custody and hanged him from a trestle at Coal Creek, Tennessee.

Reported by: Knoxville dispatch in the Record-Union (reporters).

News report

• The Record-Union, August 11, 1893, page 1 The Record-Union, August 11, 1893