Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man whose name was not given was held in the custody of officers in Tennessee in October 1889. A wire dispatch datelined October 17, 1889, reported that a mob took him from the officers and hanged him. According to the dispatch, he was cut down before he was dead and taken away, and officers searched through the night for him. The newspaper said it was believed he had been lynched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper wire dispatch reports that a mob took the man from officers and hanged him, and says it was believed he had been lynched.
Reported by: newspaper wire dispatch.