Name not reported

In August 1874, several Black men held in the jail in Humboldt County, Tennessee, were taken out by a band of white men and killed, according to a New-York Tribune account citing a reporter's report of the affair. The men are not named. The paper's report of the lynching was not independently confirmed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New-York Tribune reporter's account says a band of white men lynched several Black men held in a Humboldt County, Tennessee jail.

Reported by: New-York Tribune reporter's account (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, August 27, 1874, page 4 New-York Tribune, August 27, 1874