Died in custody
Frank Freeman
Frank Freeman was one of three people held by the courthouse guard at Union City, Tennessee, in March 1885. According to a Nashville dispatch printed in the Caldwell Tribune, about one hundred armed men took the three from the guard and hanged Freeman from a tree at the fair grounds on March 11, 1885. The dispatch does not say whether the guard resisted or handed the prisoners over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville dispatch printed in the Caldwell Tribune says about one hundred armed men took Frank Freeman from the courthouse guard at Union City, Tennessee, and hanged him from a tree at the fair grounds.
Reported by: Nashville dispatch as printed in the Caldwell Tribune (reporters).