Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man surnamed Whittaker, whose first name is unreadable in the surviving newspaper text, was held at the jail in Lynchburg, Tennessee. According to the Perrysburg Journal, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him in early 1902. The jail's role in the killing is not stated in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.