Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was one of ten men a mob took from a jail and killed. His name is not known. According to the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, reprinting a dispatch, his body was found in a river-bottom about a mile from town. The dispatch lists him among those the mob murdered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Knoxville Weekly Chronicle dispatch, reprinting an account, says a mob took him from a jail and killed him.
Reported by: Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, reprinting a dispatch (reporters).