Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail in Chattanooga was taken from it by a mob and killed in a lynching. The Marietta Journal reported in June 1909, citing the U.S. Supreme Court, that Sheriff Shipp had been found in contempt of court for allowing the mob to take him. Responsibility for the failure to protect him is thus attributed to the sheriff by the court's finding as reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Marietta Journal reported that the U.S. Supreme Court found Sheriff Shipp in contempt of court for allowing a mob to take a Black man from the Chattanooga jail and lynch him.
Reported by: U.S. Supreme Court, as reported in the Marietta Journal (court).