Hall

Hall was held in a jail in Smith County, Tennessee, when a mob took him from custody and hanged him, according to a September 1874 report in the Nashville Republican Banner, which the New York Herald reprinted. The paper described the hanging as a summary execution carried out by the mob. The killing is recorded as a lynching from custody, meaning the jail held him when the mob reached him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Nashville Republican Banner (reporters).

Source

• The New York Herald, September 26, 1874, page 11 The New York Herald, September 26, 1874