John Glazier

According to a special dispatch to the Columbia Herald, John Glazier was in the custody of a Giles County deputy sheriff who was taking him toward the Giles County jail. The dispatch says a mob of whitecaps took him from the officer and whipped and beat him, and that he died the same night near Pulaski on September 7, 1904. The dispatch does not say whether the deputy tried to stop the mob or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Columbia Herald says a mob of whitecaps took Glazier from a Giles County deputy sheriff and severely whipped and beat him.

Reported by: special dispatch to the Columbia Herald (reporters).

Source

• The Columbia Herald, September 9, 1904, page 6 The Columbia Herald, September 9, 1904