John Hayes
John Hayes was one of six Black men held by officers near Millington, Tennessee, in August 1894, and being taken by wagon, chained together, toward a jail. The Pine Bluff Daily Graphic reported that about fifteen armed men stopped the wagon and forced the deputy to raise his hands, while The Morning Call put the number at about fifty and said the men were handcuffed when they were shot. John Hayes was shot to death, and an inquest jury found that he and the others died at the hands of persons unknown. One account said a grand jury was ordered to investigate.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An inquest jury found that the six men, including John Hayes, died at the hands of persons unknown after a mob of about fifty armed men stopped their wagon near Millington, Tennessee, and shot them while they were shackled.
Reported by: inquest jury; detectives W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkinson (the agency that held him); news reports.
Sources (7)
- The Herald, September 2, 1894, page 1
- The Morning Call, September 2, 1894, page 1
- The Cheyenne Daily Leader, September 2, 1894, page 1
- Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 3, 1894, page 1
- The Indiana State Sentinel, September 5, 1894, page 2
- The Columbia Banner, September 6, 1894, page 2
- Huntsville Gazette, September 8, 1894, page 1