Tony Johnson
Tony Johnson was a Black man held in the jail at Tuscumbia, Alabama, with two other men. On April 21, 1894, a masked mob of about 200 men forced the jailer out of the building and took the keys from his wife. The mob entered the cells, led the three men to the Tennessee River bridge, and hanged them before shooting them. The account in The Record-Union, published two days later, reports that the jailer and his wife were overpowered by the crowd and did not resist the taking of the prisoners.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about 200 men took Tony Johnson from the Tuscumbia, Alabama jail after the jailer was forced out of the building and the keys were taken from his wife, then hanged and shot at the Tennessee River bridge.
Reported by: newspaper account of the Tuscumbia jail lynching (historical press report) (reporters).