Name not reported

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

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Grand Rapids Herald editorial describes the three people shot to death after being taken from the Memphis jail by a mob.

Reported by: Grand Rapids Herald editorial (reporters).

Source

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