Died in jail or a lockup
Ronce Gwynn
Ronce Gwynn, a Black man, was being held in the calaboose, the local lockup in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Early on March 8, 1905, people whose identities were not reported took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree about fifty yards away. His body was found that morning. The Birmingham Age-Herald, citing a Nashville dispatch, reported that the Black community in Tullahoma was greatly upset and that further trouble was feared.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Birmingham Age-Herald (Nashville dispatch) (reporters).