Died in custody
Ladas Weaver
Ladas Weaver, a Black man, was being held by guards in Knoxville on July 14, 1879. According to a Knoxville dispatch printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune, a mob of about 100 men took him from the guards. The dispatch says the men carried him half a mile from the town and shot him through the head.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Knoxville dispatch to the Chicago Daily Tribune says a mob of about 100 men took Ladas Weaver from the guards holding him and shot him through the head.
Reported by: Knoxville dispatch to the Chicago Daily Tribune (reporters).