Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died August 12, 1875 · Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, Rutherford County, Tennessee

A Black man held in the Murfreesboro jail in Rutherford County, Tennessee, was taken from it by more than one hundred men and hanged on August 12, 1875, according to the Knoxville Whig and Chronicle. The paper does not give his name or age.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Knoxville Whig and Chronicle reports that more than one hundred men took him from the Murfreesboro jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Knoxville Whig and Chronicle (reporters).

Source

Knoxville Whig And Chronicle, August 18, 1875, page 4 Knoxville Whig And Chronicle, August 18, 1875

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