Died in jail or a lockup
Hob Clark
Hob Clark, a young Black man, was held in a Tennessee jail after a hearing on the afternoon of June 13, 1891. Hundreds of people gathered outside the jail, and a mob broke the door down, dragged him out and hanged him from a tree about a mile from town. Prominent men of the city urged the crowd to disperse and let the law proceed, but they were hissed down.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.