Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Woodward
Thomas Woodward was held in the jail at Humboldt, Tennessee, when a mob took him from it and hanged him around midnight on Saturday, August 16, 1890. A United Press dispatch carried by The Daily State Chronicle reported the killing three days later. The dispatch gives no account of how the mob got him out of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A United Press dispatch reports that a mob took Thomas Woodward from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: United Press dispatch (reporters).