Name not reported

A Black person held in the jail at Somerville, Tennessee, was taken from the jail by a mob on the night of Friday, October 1, 1869, and hanged, according to a brief New-York Tribune dispatch datelined October 6. The dispatch does not give the person's name. The date is worked out from the Friday before the dateline, not from a stated day of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New-York Tribune dispatch reports that a mob took a Black man from the Somerville jail on Friday night and hanged him.

Reported by: New-York Tribune report of a dispatch datelined Oct. 6 (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, October 7, 1869, page 1 New-York Tribune, October 7, 1869