Died in jail or a lockup
James
James was one of three Black men held in the Tiptonville jail in Tennessee in November 1908. According to The New Haven Union, a mob took the three men from the jail and hanged them before a special court could give them a speedy trial. The men had been in the custody of the jail when the mob killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took James from the Tiptonville jail and hanged him before a special court could hold his trial.
Reported by: news reports.