Name not reported

A Black man held in the jail at Athens, Tennessee, was taken from his cell on the night of August 5, 1875, by about thirty masked men, according to a Cincinnati Gazette report citing its Knoxville correspondent. The paper says he was shot seven or eight times and found dead the next morning. The report describes citizens arming amid fears of attacks on the town's Black residents. The men who took him were not identified.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Cincinnati Gazette, citing its Knoxville correspondent, reported that about thirty masked men took him from the Athens jail and shot him seven or eight times.

Reported by: Cincinnati Gazette (citing its Knoxville special correspondent) (reporters).

Source

• Nashville Union And American, August 7, 1875, page 1 Nashville Union And American, August 7, 1875