Died in jail or a lockup
Elmo Harvard
Elmo Harvard was eighteen years old and Black, and according to 1908 newspaper reports he was held at the jail in Pulaski, Tennessee. On May 8, 1908, a mob of about three hundred men demanded the keys from the sheriff, who refused, and forced their way into the jail. The men took Harvard to a nearby railroad bridge, hanged him, and fired several shots into his body. The sheriff opposed the mob's actions, and the newspaper accounts describe his protest against the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 300 men broke into the Pulaski, Tennessee jail over the sheriff's protest, took Elmo Harvard to a bridge and hanged him, then fired several shots into his body.
Reported by: news reports.