Name not reported

A Grand Rapids Herald editorial of March 10, 1892 reports that three people were taken from the Memphis jail and shot to death by a mob on the morning after officers were shot in an incident involving them. The editorial describes the killings as racially motivated mob violence and calls them horrible murder. The three are not named in the account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Grand Rapids Herald editorial says a mob took the person from the Memphis jail and shot them to death.

Reported by: Grand Rapids Herald editorial (reporters).

Source

• Grand Rapids Herald, March 10, 1892, page 4 Grand Rapids Herald, March 10, 1892