Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in a Tennessee jail on June 17, 1873 was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in the Fayette County Herald published June 19, 1873. The item gives no name, age or sex for the person. It is not stated whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the paper's roundup of Tuesday's crimes (reporters).