Edward Hall
Edward Hall was one of six men being taken by wagon from Millington, Tennessee, toward Memphis when, on the night of August 31, 1894, an armed mob stopped the wagon, took the men from the officers and killed them. Newspapers put the mob at between about fifteen and fifty men. Accounts differ on how the men were killed, with some saying they were shot and others that they were hanged, and on whether the officers were held at gunpoint or overpowered. The deputy and guard told reporters they did not recognize any of the attackers. An inquest jury found that the men died at the hands of persons unknown, and a grand jury was ordered to investigate.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty armed men stopped the wagon, took the chained prisoners from the officers and shot them, and a coroner's inquest found they died at the hands of unknown parties.
Reported by: Detectives W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkinson (the agency that held him); Coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner).