Died in jail or a lockup
Ozias McOhaey
Ozias McOhaey, a Black man, was held in the jail at Fayetteville, Tennessee, after his train was stopped and the prisoners it carried were placed there, according to a Nashville dispatch published in The Columbus Journal on December 4, 1895. The dispatch says a mob of people from Lincoln and Marshall counties took him from the jail and hanged him. Leading citizens had protested the sidetracking of the train.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville dispatch in The Columbus Journal reports that a mob from Lincoln and Marshall counties took Ozias McOhaey from the Fayetteville jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Nashville dispatch published in The Columbus Journal (reporters).