Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the custody of officers who had captured him about twenty miles from where he was alleged to have been, and were taking him back to be identified. On February 11, 1894, about seventy-five armed men took him from the officers near Pioneer, Tennessee, and hanged him. He was killed by a mob, not by any process of law.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.