Name not reported

In August 1874, a mob broke into a jail in Tennessee and killed Black prisoners who were being held there, according to a letter from Governor Brown to the Attorney General dated August 31, 1874. Brown wrote that he had offered detectives and money to help find the people responsible for the killings. The letter was printed in the Nashville Union and American on September 2, 1874.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Governor Brown wrote in a letter to the Attorney General that a mob broke into a jail and murdered prisoners.

Reported by: Governor Brown, in a letter to the Attorney General.

Source

• Nashville Union And American, September 2, 1874, page 1 Nashville Union And American, September 2, 1874