Died in jail or a lockup
Tom Bailey
Tom Bailey, a Black man, was being held in the jail at Meadville, Tennessee. According to a brief telegraphic report published in the Daily Kennebec Journal on April 17, 1883, a mob took him from the jail on the morning of Monday, April 16, and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Kennebec Journal's telegraphic report says a mob took Tom Bailey from the jail at Meadville, Tennessee, and hanged him.
Reported by: Daily Kennebec Journal (telegraphic report) (reporters).