Rob Bruce

Rob Bruce, a Black man, had worked on various farms across the county seven or eight years before his death. In September 1910 he was in the custody of Sheriff Haines near Tiptonville, Tennessee, who had taken him to a cypress brake about three quarters of a mile from town to hide him. A mob of about 40 men took him from the sheriff and lynched him there.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 40 men took Rob Bruce from Sheriff Haines in a cypress brake near Tiptonville, where the sheriff had taken him to hide him, and lynched him.

Reported by: Sheriff Haines (the agency that held him); news reports.

Source

• Bluefield Evening Leader, September 14, 1910, page 1 Bluefield Evening Leader, September 14, 1910