Ed Ball
Ed Hall was one of six Black men held in custody and being taken by wagon toward Millington, Tennessee, in late August or early September 1894, chained together with the others. Near Millington, a mob of armed men, reported as between fifteen and fifty in number, stopped the wagon, and according to press accounts the deputy sheriff was held at gunpoint while the six men were shot. The deputy and the guard said they did not recognize any of the attackers. An inquest jury found the men died at the hands of persons unknown, and an investigation was promised.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An inquest jury found Ed Hall and five others died at the hands of persons unknown, and a news dispatch citing the deputy and guard says an armed mob of about fifty men stopped their wagon and shot the prisoners.
Reported by: Inquest jury (court); Deputy Sheriff Richardson and the guard (the agency that held him); News dispatch (reporters).