Salens Whittaker

Salens Whittaker, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Lynchburg and hanged by a mob, according to a Nashville dispatch printed in The Evening Bulletin in February 1902. The jail was the place that held him, and the dispatch identifies that facility as the site of the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville dispatch reports that a mob took Salens Whittaker from the jail at Lynchburg and hanged him.

Reported by: Nashville dispatch reprinted in the paper (reporters).

News report

• The Evening Bulletin, February 7, 1902, page 1 The Evening Bulletin, February 7, 1902