Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person, whose name is not given in the account, was held in the jail at Dover, Tennessee, in October 1926. According to an editorial from the New York Times, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune, a mob took them from the jail and killed them on the same night as the Aiken lynchings. The editorial said the law had already been put into operation in this case and that the mob acted in defiance of the courts.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune, says a mob took the person from the Dover, Tennessee jail and lynched them.
Reported by: New York Times editorial, reprinted in the Savannah Tribune (reporters).