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In October 1874, The Morristown Gazette reported that four Black prisoners were taken from a Tennessee jail and shot dead. The paper disputed a state attorney general's report, quoted in the Union and American, which had said sixteen prisoners were hanged after being taken from the jail. According to the Gazette, two others were wounded and ten escaped unhurt.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). The Morristown Gazette says four Black prisoners were taken from a Tennessee jail and shot dead, disputing Attorney General Murray's report that sixteen were hanged.

Reported by: The Morristown Gazette (reporters); Attorney General Murray.

Source

• The Morristown Gazette, October 21, 1874, page 2 The Morristown Gazette, October 21, 1874