Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Burke
Henry Burke, a Black man, was held in the jail in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in July 1884. According to a dispatch from Birmingham printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, a mob took him from the jail around midnight. The mob hanged him from a tree in the street and shot him several times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Age, as printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, says a mob took him from the Tuscaloosa jail around midnight, hanged him from a tree in the street and shot him.
Reported by: A special dispatch to the Age, as printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal (reporters).