Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two people held in the jail at Helenwood, Tennessee, were taken from it and lynched on or about June 11, 1889, according to short reports in the Pullman Herald and the Mason County Journal. A mob took them from the jail and killed them while they were in its custody. Their names and ages are not given in the accounts that survive.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper report of the lynching at Helenwood, Tennessee (reporters).