Died in jail or a lockup
Fales Whittaker
Fales Whittaker, a Black man, was held in the jail at Lynchburg, Tennessee, in early February 1902. According to a Nashville dispatch published in The Houston Daily Post, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville news dispatch in The Houston Daily Post reported that a mob took Fales Whittaker from the Lynchburg jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Nashville news dispatch, The Houston Daily Post (reporters).