Died in jail or a lockup
Pick King
Pick King was held in a jail in Nashville in September 1895 when a mob of about two hundred men took them from the jail and lynched them, according to a short wire report in the Waterbury Democrat of September 6, 1895. The report gives no details of who Pick King was or of their family. Pick King was a Black person, and their death is recorded here as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short wire report in the Waterbury Democrat says a mob of about two hundred men took Pick King from a jail in Nashville and lynched him.
Reported by: Waterbury Democrat (reporters).