Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a September 1882 editorial in the Memphis Daily Appeal, two Black men were killed in a railway train near Madison. The editorial called the killings lynch law and said the governor had ordered the sheriff to enforce the law against those responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper editorial condemns the killings as lynch law and says the governor ordered the sheriff to enforce the law against those responsible.
Reported by: a newspaper editorial.